A review by allisonbsk
The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles

2.0

I love this author's books, have read a few already, but I have to say this was my least favorite. It did feel like coming home, coming back to this series (although we read them out of order), and that was a lot of fun. This little town- there's something to it that is so charming. I have to say this author can write, and write well, and she is spot on for her audience, too- she doesn't dumb things down at all, and it's great to see this. However, in this particular case, while this book tackled a lot of good issues, it did so in a glossed over, not real in-depth way, in my opinion. I would have liked to have seen a little more exploration of some of the bigger issues in this novel. Additionally, this book just felt really chopped up and off-pace, like it was cramming in too much, so it lost its punch and wasn't as engaging. I'm glad this wasn't my first read of this author, because then I might not have read other books by her and she really is wonderful. So even though this one might not have been a winner, I would still definitely stick around for future books for sure!