Member Review
Review by
Desiree H, Reviewer
A whirlwind of a story that was thoroughly enjoyable.
Relive your childhood, or the childhood you wish you had, with Biz, Frankie, and Viv – three 11-year-old girls not quite on the cusp of their teenage years (well, except for Viv who, to her besties’s increasing annoyance, has become super boy-crazy as of late). Come along with the “Tree Musketeers”, self-named after their tree house hideout, as they rollick and romp through the hot summer in the 1960’s small town of Summit, Wisconsin.
*A big thank you to Lesley Kagen, Alcove Press, and NetGalley for providing a free Advance Reader Copy in exchange for this honest review.*
An ode to a good old-fashioned school break in an All-American town, the “Tree-o” while away their time trying to solve nonexistent mysteries, eating ice cream, decorating their bicycles, and hanging out in their tree fort. Although they’ve been warned off, they also can’t resist the allure of the local insane asylum with its patients who are periodically allowed to wander the asylum grounds and have become the girls’ friends. But no one could predict the dark happenings at the asylum and the danger to the whole town lurking undetected.
I’m rating this one as a four for a well-developed novel that kept my attention and certainly earned a score of “(I) really liked it”, if not quite up to my, admittedly very high, standards to earn a five-star “It was amazing” marks. All in all, a solid effort, and a truly nostalgic tale – a slice of the proverbial American pie served up in an entertaining read.
#EveryNowAndThen
#LesleyKagen
#AlcovePress
#NetGalley
Relive your childhood, or the childhood you wish you had, with Biz, Frankie, and Viv – three 11-year-old girls not quite on the cusp of their teenage years (well, except for Viv who, to her besties’s increasing annoyance, has become super boy-crazy as of late). Come along with the “Tree Musketeers”, self-named after their tree house hideout, as they rollick and romp through the hot summer in the 1960’s small town of Summit, Wisconsin.
*A big thank you to Lesley Kagen, Alcove Press, and NetGalley for providing a free Advance Reader Copy in exchange for this honest review.*
An ode to a good old-fashioned school break in an All-American town, the “Tree-o” while away their time trying to solve nonexistent mysteries, eating ice cream, decorating their bicycles, and hanging out in their tree fort. Although they’ve been warned off, they also can’t resist the allure of the local insane asylum with its patients who are periodically allowed to wander the asylum grounds and have become the girls’ friends. But no one could predict the dark happenings at the asylum and the danger to the whole town lurking undetected.
I’m rating this one as a four for a well-developed novel that kept my attention and certainly earned a score of “(I) really liked it”, if not quite up to my, admittedly very high, standards to earn a five-star “It was amazing” marks. All in all, a solid effort, and a truly nostalgic tale – a slice of the proverbial American pie served up in an entertaining read.
#EveryNowAndThen
#LesleyKagen
#AlcovePress
#NetGalley
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