Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer

This year, it still gets a little checkout, but nothing like last year when it was on the Lone Star List. I don’t remember ever seeing a boy check it out. Last year, it was pretty popular with the girls sometimes, all copies would be checked out, with a short hold list from time to time. We have multiple copies since it was on the 2010-2011 Lone Star Reading List. Considering all Sweetheart‘s literary praise, I just expected more. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t like it, either.

Very little actually happens in the story, and it was just too easy for me to put down. I did not care about Austin or her silly dream of riding on the hood of a parade car to one-up the nasty bully tormenting her. Despite beautiful writing and unique characters, I felt bored by the story. The Sweetheart of Prosper County has won numerous book awards and was included on last year’s Lone Star List (not an easy feat), so I went into this one with high expectations. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy this book I just don’t see what all the fuss is about. WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT THE SWEETHEART OF PROSPER COUNTY The people in the town are certainly interesting, their characters clearly drawn and believable.Įven though I’m not jumping out of my chair over Sweetheart, I can’t deny Jill Alexander’s writing talent, and I plan to read her second novel, Paradise in the very near future. Reading Sweetheart makes me want to move from my big Texas city to a small Texas town. The characters depicted in this diverse, small town community remind me a little of Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts.įor unique voice, setting, and character development, I give Jill Alexander major props.

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE SWEETHEART OF PROSPER COUNTY To do so, she’ll need the help of her grieving momma, best friend Maribel, the former Sweetheart, a quiet but cute cowboy, and of course, Charles Dickens, her sassy black rooster. SUMMARY: Tired of standing on the sidelines of life, ninth-grader Austin Gray decides this is the year she will ride as the County Sweetheart on the hood of a car in the Prosper County Christmas (a.k.a.

Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer