The Girl Who Chased the Moon Review

You know how you can just read one book by an author and know that they will have a forever place in your heart?  Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen was that type of book for me, and so far she's been living up to the spot she earned in my heart from her first book.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon
by Sarah Addison Allen
From Goodreads:

In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world…no matter how out of place they feel.

Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. For instance, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? Why did she vow never to return? But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew—a reclusive, real-life gentle giant—she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life.

Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor bakes hope in the form of cakes.

Everyone in Mullaby adores Julia Winterson’s cakes. She offers them to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth and in the hope of bringing back the love she fears she’s lost forever. In Julia, Emily may have found a link to her mother’s past. But why is everyone trying to discourage Emily’s growing relationship with the handsome and mysterious son of Mullaby’s most prominent family? Emily came to Mullaby to get answers, but all she’s found so far are more questions.

Is there really a ghost dancing in her backyard? Can a cake really bring back a lost love?
In this town of lovable misfits, maybe the right answer is the one that just feels…different.

My Thoughts: Magical!  Sarah Addison Allen is magical, made of magic, I bet she even sneezes out fairy dust.  I loved Win Coffey and really liked the mystery behind his family.  I did feel that The Girl Who Chased the Moon was more YA than adult, and the ending came just a little too abruptly and was left a little too unfinished, but I just adored Mullaby.  Allen can give inanimate characters life, and she is spectacular with breathing life into a small southern town.  Once again, women and friendship looms large in Allen's books, and I liked the friendship that brewed between Emily and Julia.  While Emily is a bit uncomplicated, Julia is filled to the brim with character.  Is it as good as Garden Spells or The Sugar Queen?  No, but it's still a lovely read by an author I always look forward to reading.


The Girl Who Chased the Moon gets a Midnight Book Rating of:

It might be a little high for what it was, but I just can't rate a Sarah Addison Allen book anything lower!