The first time I saw Northern Lights, I thought I was imagining it. I spent the first part of college in Alaska, which was amazing.

This isn’t because I can’t remember anything, but because I remember too many things and I can’t figure out what to say out loud. When people ask me what I remember about middle school and high school, I stand there for several seconds not saying anything. All this in Texas where football was king and cheerleaders were the school royalty. In high school, I was in band and honors society and science club and worked on the school newspaper. It feels like since then I’ve lived nearly everywhere (well, only in the US-which is a bummer because I want to travel so much).

Plus, this is Penny’s first holiday season as a “divorced” kid–although she has no idea what this means.Ĭan Penny help her friends save the shelter, navigate her new family dynamics, and get the boy, or will Charity and Esmeralda find a way to ruin everything?Ībout the Author: I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which I think is one of the cooler places to be born because initially, people think I’m being funny-like I’m saying I was born on the moon, but then they see I’m actually being serious. Then there’s Marcus, the adorable and mysterious boy who Penny thinks maybe likes her as much as she likes him. Her best friend, Tally, has recruited her to help raise money to save the local animal shelter. Penny hopes the arrival of Esmeralda means Charity might be too busy to keep making her life miserable.īut Penny doesn’t have a lot of time to worry about Charity. She’s beautiful, French, and just happens to be Queen Bee Charity’s best friend. Not when there’s a festival for every occasion, a Queen Bee to deal with, an animal shelter to save, and a cute boy to crush on.

So reading this book didn’t seem so confusing! This whole introduction might be a little confusing but welcome to a spoiler free review of this book.Ī delicious follow-up to Heather Hepler’s smash hit The Cupcake Queen!įormer Manhattan girl Penny has quickly discovered that life in a small town is never dull. The scary this is, I think I have read it. When I found out that there was a first book in this series, I went and immediately read the description. Since she gave it to me, I finally decided to give the book a try. My sister was the one who originally got this book.

The cupcake queen by heather hepler