I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Ivy Mae Bloom has never known a true home with a backyard, a pet, a treehouse, or even stable friends. But that's exactly what she wishes for when she steals her mother's jar of wishes. Her mom, a shooting star personified, has the ability to grant wishes to those who seek them, but Ivy Mae is taking destiny into her own hands. But as her mother always warns Ivy Mae and her sisters, wishes that come true never get realized the way we expect them. 

I can admit never having to move around as a kid, but I understood where Ivy Mae was coming from. Cindy Baldwin wrote a well-rounded character that resonated with me both in her highs and lows. Even when Ivy Mae made a choice I probably would not approve of if I were a parent, I never felt like her decisions came out of nowhere. I enjoyed watching Ivy Mae grow and realize what family and home really mean. 

I do wish we got to see more of the shooting star history, especially more into the powers of shooting stars. There was a little bit lacking there, especially towards the end. 

I think this book is a good transition for children who are just growing out of children books and starting to enter into middle grade fiction. If I bought younger children this would be a good story to recommend to children in my local area that has a lot of army families. I think it would be a good book to bring up discussions about family relationships and how we define home.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and here is my review! This book is realistic fiction mixed with magical realism. It is about Ivy and her family who travel around so that her mom, who is a fallen star, can grant wishes and fix the magic in the world. Ivy just wants a stable place to call home so that she can live a “normal” life. Ivy proceeds to steal her moms wishes and wishes for a home. This ends up bringing them to Whistling Ridge, where Ivys moms sister lives (also a fallen star). But things are not quite right in Whistling Ridge and it’s up to Ivy and her family to figure out why. I really enjoyed this book but was hoping for a little more magic/fantasy. The beginning and ending were solid- it did slow down a little in the middle for me. But definitely worth the read!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Audio for the voice galley of The Stars of Whistling Ridge.

It's hard to read a middle-grade book as an adult and mother because I ended up feeling defensive at some points for the parents and my thoughts would say "I'm sure they are doing the best they can" and "They are just trying to provide for you" Things like that would run through my head.

With that being said, I did relate to the MC Ivy and felt for her in her moments of sadness, anger, and frustration. This would be a good book for a young teenage girl or pre-teen to read I think just on the descriptions of feelings and moments when her feelings are talked about. It would open up a good discussion I'm sure if you read it with your middle-grade child. I liked the magic elements and would have liked even more magic moments or explanations or background info. Part of the ending made sense and part of it didn't. I had an idea for the ending but what I thought would happen didn't so I am a bit disappointed. But, overall it was a cute read!

Thank for the opportunity of listening to this audiobook.. The story was good, but somehow I don’t know if it’s the narration but I drifted often and lost interest in the audiobook. I don’t know but I listened to a lot of books similar and it’s missing something ,I know this isn’t the final
Product but it miss a spark. Nice voice but always on the same intonation and well like I said I lost interest often and almost drift to snooze land a few times. it’s a good book, story is great and cover wow! I think I will read the actual book next :) 
It’s an honest review and hope it will help.

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Stars of Whistling Ride started off on a pretty interesting note. In it, you will meet Ivy who is currently in a motorhome with her family. Completely cramped that is. At one point, Ivy makes a wish or two, okay nine in total, to have a forever home. Which I completely get because the girl is tired of moving. Tired.

I was tired of her moving all over the place because I never experienced that myself. Some would say that's a never ending adventure.. but meh. I've lived in the same town my entire life. Not the same home but I'm good either way. So I felt bad for her and her family because of the life they lives.

Besides Ivy, you meet her two younger sisters.. which eh, the parents definitely should've hung out or paid more attention to their kids. It was like they are all the middle child at one point. It doesn't help that the youngest, Sophie, is the favorite of the family and can basically do no wrong.

That being said.. I am also the youngest in my family but trust me.. the dogs are the favorite.

In the end, I'm honestly confused with how everything went down but I just ended up going with the flow of things. It was nice to see Ivy happy in the end, I guess.

This was a sweet book about family and what home really means.

Ivy lives in a cramped motorhome with her parents and two younger sisters, traveling around the country so her mom can help people with magic. Ivy's mom is a fallen star made human and her duty is to gather magic into wishes and give them to people. One day when Ivy has had enough of the constant moving, she makes nine wishes to have a permanent home and suddenly her family ends up stuck in her aunt's town.

There is a story about the town of Whistling Ridge and a growing void that is slowly hurting the residents, but it's more of a background plot. The main story is about Ivy and her relationship with her family. She struggles to get along with her sisters, particularly the youngest one Sophie. Ivy feels like Sophie is the golden child and she's left out. She also just wants to stay in one place so she can make friends and put down roots, which I think is understandable. Kids need friends and when you're homeschooled and never stay anywhere more than a couple weeks, how can you make any significant connections?

I thought this had some cute moments and I enjoyed when the sisters got along and cared for each other. There are also some nice lessons Ivy's aunts teach her that help her feel validated and understand what's really important to her.

I received an advance copy of this audiobook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an e-ARC of this book.

Ivy Mae Bloom is an incredibly sympathetic main character. Having spent the whole of her life traveling the United States in an RV named Martha, all she longs for is a forever home. She wants a place to put down roots, take a bath in a bathtub, and make friends she doesn't have to become pen pals with. What she soon discovers, though, is that wishes can take on a life of their own. Though this book falls squarely in the fantasy genre, many readers will sympathize with Ivy's longing, and with her relationships with her sisters.

I've enjoyed Cindy Baldwin's previous novels, and this one didn't disappoint.

I enjoyed the story. Because this was a computer generated voice and not final audio recording the inflection and emotion was not evident. I concentrated on the story not the audio. 
I loved this story and the importance of the number 3. My grandmother always mentioned the importance of the Number 3.  Would definitely recommend

This is a Middle Grade with some Magical Realism. I really enjoyed this book. The characters where developed, but I feel the magical realism parts took a little bit to understand. I do not think the Magical Realism parts where as developed in the beginning, but it was by the end. I enjoyed the storyline, but It was hard to follow at parts. Overall, I really liked this book, and I loved the characters. I listened to the audiobook for this book, but the e-audiobook I listen to used synthetic voice only for early review use. So, I cannot say if the narrator is good or not. I was kindly provided an e-audiobook of this book by the publisher (HarperCollins/Quill Tree) or author (Cindy Baldwin) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that. This book is schedule to be release on June 15-2021.