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The Cupid Chronicles (The Wedding Planner's Daughter)

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Willafred Havisham is not your everyday Bramble, Cape Cod kind-of girl. She's the girl that sits in the corner and reads, rather than joining the party. But in the The Cupid Chronicles, Willafred, also known as Willa, steps out of the box and speaks up.Willa and her best friend Tina are enjoying their wonderful life in Bramble. But when Willa hears the news that the Bramble Board is closing the local library, Willa looks for ways to stop them. But with things getting in her way, like her cutie crush Joey(also known to Willa as JFK) who kissed her, then moved away. Well he moves back and is excited to see Willa again. Can she fight to save the library and fight against cupid for the chance at love with JFK? You will just have to read the book to find out!

C.M.P. is such a gifted writer. What a gift to see a child as a child should be! I love Willa (I celebrate the real way you chose to characterize our Willa).

Talk about a book that makes you feel. You do not just read it, you feel it. You feel Willa, you feel her mother, you feel her grandmother...you feel!

I tell you...these "little novels" are appropriate for their audience; however, they are mature enough to capture the attention of a light-hearted and loving adult (such as me)! I am so greatful to have something that my daughter and I can read (and love) together. I cannot wait for the 3rd book!

Thank you for sharing Willa with us (and all the other characters, which we also love)!

Thirteen-year-old Willafred "Willa" Havisham is on cloud nine ever since she did the impossible, and matched her "unsure about love" mother, Stella, up with the handsome English teacher, Sam Gracemore, living right next door. Since then, Willa's wedding planner mother has ditched her old career, and begun running an Inn with her new hubby, and Willa's spanking new step-father, Sam. But now Willa, someone who has always believed strongly in love and fate, finds her beliefs wavering, as Joey (JFK to Willa) - her sort-of-first-kiss - heads back to Bramble, but finds himself falling for none other than rich, glamorous Ruby Sivler. Now Willa doesn't know whether she can trust Cupid or not. Luckily, she's got other things on her mind. Like the fact that Ruby Sivler's father is trying to close down the Bramble library. Now, Willa (being the book lover that she is), has decided to try her luck at rallying her ninth grade class together to save the library, and the memories it holds. Now they just need to raise enough money to keep its doors open. But when a computer compatibility test is the hit of the fundraising season, Willa doesn't know just what, exactly, will dictate her adventures at the Midwinter's Night Ball - Cupid, or a computer.

I couldn't resist Willa in Coleen Murtagh Paratore's THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER, and I had an even tougher time resisting her character in THE CUPID CHRONICLES. Willa is the ideal character for any book-loving girl, what with her extensive knowledge of the classics, and her passion for saving the local library. Her good-natured, fun-loving personality is like a breath of fresh air in a sea of fiction overwhelmed with backstabbing, self-obsessed characters; while her various adventures in love give readers an inside look at the makings of a true romance. Paratore's descriptions of the Cape are absolutely breathtaking, and make the reader feel as if they were right there on the sandy shores, strolling the shops and searching for sea glass; while the sights and sounds are so magnificently described that they paint a perfect picture of the scenery for a reader who has never experienced a trip to the Cape first-hand. As colorful and sweet as the saltwater taffy Willa loves so much.

Erika Sorocco

I loved this book. It's about a thirteen year old girl named Willa who joins a community service club and decides that her act of community service is saving the town library. In order to do this, Willa decides to host many events for the kids in her school to go to. During this she is also pursuing her crush on Joseph Kennely or JFK. JFK has just moved back to Cape Cod and she thinks she might even love JFK. But will the school's popular girl get in the way? You'll find out! It's sweet and heartwarming. I do admit that at the beginning it is a little slow but by the fifth chapter you won't be able to stop reading until the end! Trust me! I was reading during my classes at school! It's great!

This book was really inspiring it teaches you that you can do things if you really set your mind into it and if you gives you some poems that teaches you about anything. This book was about that the the library was closing down and Willa was very surprised she loved that library so much. So then she told everyone to raise enough money to save the library so she ended up making dances with the help of her best friend Tina of course. JFK the boy willa likes also supported her and lets see how things end up with those two. It was really romantic and it also mention some parts of the first book " The Wedding Planners Daughter" i really recommend this to everyone and really you'll love it and just to warn you that once you read this book you just cant stop reading!

Willa is back and just entering her freshman year of high school. Things are going great. Her mom and her new husband, Willa's old English teacher, are happily running a Bed and Breakfast of sorts, and things have relaxed a bit.

But Willa has two new problems now - figuring out whether JFK loves her or some other girl, and keeping the Bramble Library from closing due to lack of funds. Working as the school's Community Service leader and hosting semi-romantic dances may just help Willa save the library -- and find some romance for herself.

Following in the footsteps of the first book in the series, THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER, THE CUPID CHRONICLES includes the perfect amount of humor to make a laugh-out-loud funny book, without overdoing it. The writing style keeps the reader intrigued throughout the entire story, and the characters are so easy to relate to that you feel as if you're really inside their heads.

This is by far my favorite tween series and I'd recommend it to everyone, no matter what their age. I think this series may even be a good read for 7th- or 8th-graders to read in class. I can't wait to read the third book of the series, WILLA BY HEART, and hope you decide to, as well.

Reviewed by: Harmony

Willafred Havisham is not your everyday Bramble, Cape Cod kind-of girl. She's the girl that sits in the corner and reads, rather than joining the party. But in the The Cupid Chronicles, Willafred, also known as Willa, steps out of the box and speaks up.Willa and her best friend Tina are enjoying their wonderful life in Bramble. But when Willa hears the news that the Bramble Board is closing the local library, Willa looks for ways to stop them. But with things getting in her way, like her cutie crush Joey(also known to Willa as JFK) who kissed her, then moved away. Well he moves back and is excited to see Willa again. Can she fight to save the library and fight against cupid for the chance at love with JFK? You will just have to read the book to find out!

A Feel Good Page Turner for Optimistic Tweens -- Willa has a zesty Everyday Gal style that makes the reader whistle and cheer for her, whether it's in her quest to save the library, snag the school hearthrob, or cleverly manage her glam-mom Stella. Coleen Paratore does a terrific job of subtly weaving in themes like community activism, antimaterialism and staying true to oneself without cranking up the preach factor. And it's a laugh-out-loud journey with some tearjerker moments packed in its 207 pages as well.

Sequels can be ho-hum recycled or brand-new adventures with old friend-characters, and this one is definitely the ladder.

If you believe in goodness prevailing -- read this book.

If you love books and want to relate with a loveabe bookie character -- read this book.

And if you love how story sweeps you out of your own world for a while and into a special place (this one's called Bramble), THE CUPID CHRONICLES is waiting.

My daughter absolutely loves this series of books. Every time a new one is published she can't wait to get it.

In the book The Cupid Chronicles, Willa is back for a whole new adventure. willa has been voted president of her comunnity service class at school and discovers that there hometown library is closing down dew to all the debt it's in. So willa and her strong love for books gets the whole class together and have fundraisers and dances in her barn, but they didn't raise nerly enough money to save the library. But her newly found friends the buik blazers gave her a check for more money then you could emagine. And to top it all off JFK a boy from school that she really likes,gives her a silver locket and and have a little dance of there own in her barn. but she couldn't have done it with out the help of her goog friend Cupid. it is an awsome book. i can't wait to see what happens next.