Heartstones
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Picked up with a box of other books toward the end of a library sale. I won't read this but it'll be good for passing along. I've read a couple of Rendell's books, never really cared for them.
Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better — after all, Luke has her to take her mother's place. But then Luke brings home a pretty young woman and introduces her as his fiancée, and Elvira decides that she will stop at nothing to stop her father's marriage . . .
Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better — after all, Luke has her to take her mother's place. But then Luke brings home a pretty young woman and introduces her as his fiancée, and Elvira decides that she will stop at nothing to stop her father's marriage . . .
I have made the mistake of reading this, because it was so short. What a load of trite codswallop, with a particularly ridiculous ending. Perhaps it was Rendell's (undeserved) reputation that led to all the praise quoted on the cover?
Journal Entry 3 by Vasha at Collegetown Bagels, 203 North Aurora St. in Ithaca, New York USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
