Puddin' is the sequel to Dumplin'. If you've read Dumplin', you will remember Willowdean Dickson's friend Millicent (Millie) Amethyst Michalchuk. Millie is fat, but she is happy with herself especially since she came second in the Miss Clover City beauty pagent. Millie has a crush on Malik, and she works at her uncle's gym after school. When the gym gets broken into and trashed, Millie recognises one of the masked culprits on the security tape and tells the police who it is. Callie Reyes who was part of the group who trashed the gym refuses to give up her co-conspirators. Millie's uncle decides to give the girl a break and asks she works off her debt to him at the gym. Millie and Callie become friends even though they seem polar opposites.
I loved Dumplin' and was sure this was a tough act to follow, however, Julie Murphy did it again. She sucked me in, and I absolutely loved it! I am a wee bit older than the target audience, but I *am* a fatty and identify with so much in this story (or I should say I recognise it from when I was that age). I'm looking forward to book 3 which I will read for the PopSugar 2023 Reading Challenge.
Read for the 52 Book Club Challenge.
Prompt 22: A body-positive message.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Buy at Amazon UK: Hardcover | Kindle | Paperback
Buy at Amazon US: Audiobook | Hardcover | Kindle | Paperback
I loved Dumplin' and was sure this was a tough act to follow, however, Julie Murphy did it again. She sucked me in, and I absolutely loved it! I am a wee bit older than the target audience, but I *am* a fatty and identify with so much in this story (or I should say I recognise it from when I was that age). I'm looking forward to book 3 which I will read for the PopSugar 2023 Reading Challenge.
Read for the 52 Book Club Challenge.
Prompt 22: A body-positive message.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Buy at Amazon UK: Hardcover | Kindle | Paperback
Buy at Amazon US: Audiobook | Hardcover | Kindle | Paperback
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