Arcadia Falls

Carol Goodman

2010 • 355 pages

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Dire financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take Meg and her teenaged daughter Sally from a comfortable life on Long Island to a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York: Arcadia Falls, where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. Med is determined to make the best of it and to make a good impression on the school's dean, Ivy St. Clare. But everyone at the school is distracted by the sudden death of one of Meg's students during Arcadia's First Night bonfire.--From publisher's description.

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Andrea Ward

Tangled plot lines made me feel smart at times and way behind at others. The spellbinding fairy tale is more real than most people know. When some start seeing the truth in it, they start making poor decisions. And in the end, the truth they thought they knew wasn't the whole truth. I liked figuring out parts and having other parts surprise me.

The main character is bad at being an adult and ia often rather helpless. I didn't like that.

The romance I am pretty indifferent about.

Overall, it was exactly what I expected and I loved it.

December 26, 2014