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Upsy Daisy
by Chelsie Edwards
I guess I hadn’t quite realized when I started this one that it was going to be set in the recent past, an origin story if you will, for Daisy of Daisy’s Nut House in our beloved Winston Brothers series. While the majority of it did not actually take place in Green Valley, there was a fun little bit around Christmas time when we even got to see a baby Bethany Winston. Well, not a baby, she was like 6 years old I think, and not a Winston yet, but it made me squeal out loud to see her! I know she’s one that would be really hard for an origin story, because it’s impossible to think that we could have any happy story with the father of that clan, but that’s another story, and lets get back to how wonderful this one was!
It was set in 1975, when I was only 3 years old, so I don’t actually remember most of the fashion and clothes other than pictures that I try to hide of how my mom dressed me. But it was so much fun reading about them, and how hot pants and jumpsuits and bra tops were a thing at the time. Also the roller skating party for a fraternity or college thing tickled me due to how it has turned into maybe an elementary or middle school thing, if you actually still have a rink in your town. Or it was before all the craziness of this pandemic. But once again I digress.
I loved Daisy, I loved Trevor. Both did their own little lies to cause issues in the relationship. Although neither meant for them to hurt the other, and both had such good reasons. Both also had good reasons for not telling like I always complain the characters should just come clean usually in romances. But no, the reasons they kept it quiet made a lot of sense.
I’d consider this more New Adult because of being set in a college, and it was so unique to read a story set in an HBCU (Historically Black College and University). Something that I personally haven’t had a chance to read about, yet at my current school where I am a librarian, my students are always looking to go to one, so it was informative and fun for me to read.
The characters were all really well rounded and stood out from the pages. Like I said, reading about their wardrobe choices was fun to imagine the picture in my head! My eyes just about popped at the bit about a two hour church service, when I was younger, an hour was pretty much how long it was, unless it was a special Christmas or Easter or Confirmation ceremony. But I guess for other religions it is probably more like the two hours. The steamy level in this was mostly saved for the end, just a kiss or two here or there throughout the rest of the book, although the characters did have their feelings about each other that were both emotional and physical spelled out as the story progressed.
All in all, a wonderful story, I really loved it so much, I’m embarrassed to say so much more than I thought I would when I began and realized it was set in the 70s. Another wonderful, great addition to the Green Valley World, and the Smarty Pants Universe!
It was set in 1975, when I was only 3 years old, so I don’t actually remember most of the fashion and clothes other than pictures that I try to hide of how my mom dressed me. But it was so much fun reading about them, and how hot pants and jumpsuits and bra tops were a thing at the time. Also the roller skating party for a fraternity or college thing tickled me due to how it has turned into maybe an elementary or middle school thing, if you actually still have a rink in your town. Or it was before all the craziness of this pandemic. But once again I digress.
I loved Daisy, I loved Trevor. Both did their own little lies to cause issues in the relationship. Although neither meant for them to hurt the other, and both had such good reasons. Both also had good reasons for not telling like I always complain the characters should just come clean usually in romances. But no, the reasons they kept it quiet made a lot of sense.
I’d consider this more New Adult because of being set in a college, and it was so unique to read a story set in an HBCU (Historically Black College and University). Something that I personally haven’t had a chance to read about, yet at my current school where I am a librarian, my students are always looking to go to one, so it was informative and fun for me to read.
The characters were all really well rounded and stood out from the pages. Like I said, reading about their wardrobe choices was fun to imagine the picture in my head! My eyes just about popped at the bit about a two hour church service, when I was younger, an hour was pretty much how long it was, unless it was a special Christmas or Easter or Confirmation ceremony. But I guess for other religions it is probably more like the two hours. The steamy level in this was mostly saved for the end, just a kiss or two here or there throughout the rest of the book, although the characters did have their feelings about each other that were both emotional and physical spelled out as the story progressed.
All in all, a wonderful story, I really loved it so much, I’m embarrassed to say so much more than I thought I would when I began and realized it was set in the 70s. Another wonderful, great addition to the Green Valley World, and the Smarty Pants Universe!