Julia Dorning is back and happier than she has ever been. She's running her own bakery and her relationship with
boyfriend, Jared Moody, is moving along nicely. Julia submits a video application to
be on her favorite show, Cupcake Battles, and gets the shock of her life
when they accept her. She is beyond excited to be on the
show and see how it will help business. Meanwhile, her old coworker
Brown's wedding is coming up and her sister Anna also makes a surprise announcement
that she will be marrying her boyfriend of six months, Jonathan. With all of
this going on, Jared tells her that he has accepted a job in New York City.
Julia has so many balls in the air and knows soon one or all will fall. Can
Julia keep it together for her friend Brown and her sister Anna? Or is she
going to succumb to the drama and stress of it all? A great sequel to Thirty-Two
Going On Spinster, this is a hilarious tale about love, work, and sacrifice to
keep it all together. (CG)
This tells the story of Julia Dorning, a 32-year-old who is slowly starting to consider herself as the real-life definition of the word 'spinster'. She still lives at home in her parents' basement, she has a boring job where the only highlight is the smoking breaks in which she can gossip with her colleague and good friend Brown, and her social life is non-existent (if you don't count watching TV shows with your cat while eating homemade cupcakes). Julia's spinsterly existence is, however, turned upside down when Jared Moody starts working on the floor above hers. He's handsome, friendly, and Julia can't believe he actually seems to want to spend time with her. With the help of her sister Anna and a bit of her own confidence, Julia starts to slowly change a few things: a bit of make-up here, a new outfit there ... But when Julia's world is turned upside down once again, will she be able to crawl back up again or is she indeed doomed to spend her life as a spinster? Julia is a great, down-to-earth, funny heroine and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about everything that happened to her, especially all the humorous situations she managed to get herself into. Jared (aptly named McManly by Julia) is a handsome leading man, and Julia's typical schoolgirl crush is something lots of women will be able to relate to. The novel is easy to read and made me laugh out loud more than once; a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the chick lit genre and I look forward to reading more of Becky Monson's work! (JoH)