Puddin' (Dumplin', #2)

by Julie Murphy

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Puddin' was just what I needed. A cutesy contemporary book to cleanse my palate of the fantasy/sci fi that I read. You don't *need* to read Dumplin' before Puddin' but I recommend that you do. It's been a couple of years so I forgot about some of the people. Eek.

I loved the positive female friendships in the book. Murphy did a great job of making Callie and Millie fully realized people. They weren’t cookie cutter stock characters. They were real girls that I could have gone to school with.

It was great to see the growth that Callie and Millie had over the course of the novel. Towards the end, it seemed like their growth was really rushed. I was disappointed that there wasn't more growth from Millie's mom. There was too much pushing for fat camp from her for my taste.

While I did enjoy the story, I didn't love it. I can't pick out any one thing that I didn't enjoy. I just didn't love it.

If you enjoyed Dumplin', I'd recommend picking this up!