Helpful Score: 1
Reviewed by Lynn Crow for TeensReadToo.com
SCARLETT FEVER begins shortly after the events of SUITE SCARLETT: the hotel's performance of Hamlet has just finished, the summer is winding down, and Scarlett is still racing around on crazy errands for the unshakable Mrs. Amberson, who's started her own agency with Scarlett's brother, Spencer, as her first client. She's also trying her best to forget about Eric, the boy who broke her heart, though she's often less than successful.
Soon, Scarlett finds herself faced with a whole series of distractions. Mrs. Amberson has her eyes on a new client, and she wants Scarlett to keep an eye on the actress's prickly brother at school. Spencer finally gets a new acting role, which ends up making him and the Martin family a target of crazed TV fans. Scarlett's little sister, Marlene, has some secret up her sleeve, and her usually stable older sister, Lola, is coming apart at the seams.
Scarlett soon finds herself forced to take sides and question if any of the people around her are exactly who she thought.
Fans of SUITE SCARLETT will jump into Scarlett's continuing madcap journey through life with glee. The laughs are frequent, but there are plenty of poignant moments, too, and it's easy to relate to Scarlett's struggle to deal with her shifting impressions of her family and peers. The supporting characters, both those familiar and the new, are full of life. The greatest pleasure, of course, comes from seeing how Scarlett and the others will get themselves out of the complicated messes they inevitably find themselves in.
This reviewer's only complaint is that the book ends so abruptly I had to wonder if I'd gotten a copy that was missing a chapter or two. Hopefully, this is a promise of a third Scarlett book to come!
SCARLETT FEVER begins shortly after the events of SUITE SCARLETT: the hotel's performance of Hamlet has just finished, the summer is winding down, and Scarlett is still racing around on crazy errands for the unshakable Mrs. Amberson, who's started her own agency with Scarlett's brother, Spencer, as her first client. She's also trying her best to forget about Eric, the boy who broke her heart, though she's often less than successful.
Soon, Scarlett finds herself faced with a whole series of distractions. Mrs. Amberson has her eyes on a new client, and she wants Scarlett to keep an eye on the actress's prickly brother at school. Spencer finally gets a new acting role, which ends up making him and the Martin family a target of crazed TV fans. Scarlett's little sister, Marlene, has some secret up her sleeve, and her usually stable older sister, Lola, is coming apart at the seams.
Scarlett soon finds herself forced to take sides and question if any of the people around her are exactly who she thought.
Fans of SUITE SCARLETT will jump into Scarlett's continuing madcap journey through life with glee. The laughs are frequent, but there are plenty of poignant moments, too, and it's easy to relate to Scarlett's struggle to deal with her shifting impressions of her family and peers. The supporting characters, both those familiar and the new, are full of life. The greatest pleasure, of course, comes from seeing how Scarlett and the others will get themselves out of the complicated messes they inevitably find themselves in.
This reviewer's only complaint is that the book ends so abruptly I had to wonder if I'd gotten a copy that was missing a chapter or two. Hopefully, this is a promise of a third Scarlett book to come!
