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A review by angieleigh
Grounded by Sarah Hualde
adventurous
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Actual Rating: 3.5*
This is my first Sarah Hualde book, but definitely not my last! This fast-paced, easy read refused to let me go to bed until I finished it.
Penny sees death, in the form of ravens in water vapor, puddles, mist, in coffee, tea...and sometimes in person. She gets clues through music or sometimes through the appearance of another raven.
In Grounded she works at a family-owned coffee & gift shop where both the husband and son are gross males who leer at Penny and make cracks about her weight and basically ignore the wife/mother, who is a sweet, sometimes forgetful woman, who befriends our dear Penny and is thankful that she's there to help out when they're in the middle of a crisis.
But things just aren't as they seem & I loved that about this book. There were so many twists throughout this story that every time I thought I figured it out, Hualde tossed in another twist!
However, the ending was satisfying and I can't wait to see where life takes Penny and her spicy cat, Ace of Spades in their VW Van tiny home.
I do hope that soon the focus of Penny being plus size (though you can't tell by the covers!) is not a huge hang-up in every book in this series. That can, and will, get very annoying very, very fast.
For the record, I listened to the audiobook, but Storygraph doesn't have that particular edition and I couldn't add it as it is an Audible audiobook.
This is my first Sarah Hualde book, but definitely not my last! This fast-paced, easy read refused to let me go to bed until I finished it.
Penny sees death, in the form of ravens in water vapor, puddles, mist, in coffee, tea...and sometimes in person. She gets clues through music or sometimes through the appearance of another raven.
In Grounded she works at a family-owned coffee & gift shop where both the husband and son are gross males who leer at Penny and make cracks about her weight and basically ignore the wife/mother, who is a sweet, sometimes forgetful woman, who befriends our dear Penny and is thankful that she's there to help out when they're in the middle of a crisis.
But things just aren't as they seem & I loved that about this book. There were so many twists throughout this story that every time I thought I figured it out, Hualde tossed in another twist!
However, the ending was satisfying and I can't wait to see where life takes Penny and her spicy cat, Ace of Spades in their VW Van tiny home.
I do hope that soon the focus of Penny being plus size (though you can't tell by the covers!) is not a huge hang-up in every book in this series. That can, and will, get very annoying very, very fast.
For the record, I listened to the audiobook, but Storygraph doesn't have that particular edition and I couldn't add it as it is an Audible audiobook.