Although Toney’s writing is solid, the book winds up short on substance. The interconnected relationships between characters get to be overly convenient, sometimes overlapping to the point of confusion. Or maybe I was getting used to it,” she says of Mrs. Unfortunately, Wendy comes off as an odd combination of empathetic, presumptuous, and unintentionally harsh (“His voice sounded almost normal. about a picture, which sparks Wendy’s curiosity about her own family history, and a quest for answers begins. Cynthia Toney does a masterful job of delving into a young teen’s first crush. And when another boy enters the scene and grabs her attention, Wendy discovers that romantic relationships are more complicated than she’d thought. While looking through a photo album, Wendy questions Mrs. However, as Wendy ticks off her 10 steps to girlfriend status, her friendships with Gayle and Alice suffer. Villaturo, is showing signs of dementia, which alarms Wendy. Meanwhile, her next door neighbor and surrogate grandmother, Mrs. Now a high school freshman, Wendy is also beginning to attract boys, including popular David Griffin. Louisiana native Wendy Robichaud is about to become part of a blended family with her mother, her close friend Alice, and Alice’s father and brother.
This second book in Toney’s Bird Face series, after 8 Notes to a Nobody, is a thinly woven tale that combines a family ancestral mystery, a degenerative disease, and romance.
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