Sugar & Spice 1: Two Girls,One

Sugar & Spice #1

by Janet Quinn-Harkin

Book by Janet Quin-Harkin

Genres: Young Adult

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 1987

Reviews

[Sally]

The title says it all, doesn't it?! Thankfully I didn't read much more of this series.

[Reading with Cats]

I couldn’t stand Caroline. If I had to spend one more minute in her whiney, self-absorbed, humorless head I would have pitched *myself* in front of that bulldozer. And what on earth is going on with that cover? Why is Chrissy wearing falling-apart, badly patched overalls?

[Jodie]

I was a teenager when I read this series but I remember liking them a great deal.

Caroline discovers she has a long lost cousin exactly her age who lives in Iowa. Chrissy decides to move to the city and live with Caroline's family for a year. Caroline instantly regrets this move because Chrissy soon takes over Caroline's life: her bedroom, her friends and even tries stealing her boyfriend, or so Caroline thinks.

I don't know how many books were in the series. I found these in a bag in my parent's attic. I only have Books 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9. I imagine at some time I had them all so I don't know where the rest are. I plan on rereading these before giving them to a used book store.

[Denise Kettering]

I read this as a teenager and recently re-read it and found it to be generally of a predictable nature and full of the sort of concerns that populated the young adult genre when I was a teen. Namely, confusion that could easily have been sorted out if the characters actually had a discussion. However, it was relatively innocent and did have some helpful moments like the girls engaging in protest and having their own interests rather than simply being interested in boys.