The Birds

A little while ago my dear friend Kara posted on FB that she wished that authors would focus on one book, instead of a new trilogy, series, etc. At first,I found that to be true as I read Stork. Don't get me wrong, I really loved Stork! I recommend it completely to people who liked Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Extraordinary. I thought it was a fast read, even though it is over 300 pages. I thought it was different and cool. And it takes place in the most awesome of the 50- Minnesota!
Kat is originally from LA but her parents are divorcing and she and her mom have moved to Norse Fall, Minnesota, her mom's home town, to start life over. Kat is having a bit of a hard time adjusting to Norse Falls, as you can imagine, it is WAY different from LA. The thing that sets Kat apart from other YA characters who have been through similar situations, Kat is not a jerk about it. Her dad cheated on her mom. She's mad at him, but doesn't hate him. Her mom moved her off to the hinterlands to a tiny little where she works in her grandpa's general store and goes to school with dudes who all wear flannel and girls who don't know Michael Kors from Michael Jackson, and she could be a huge, spoiled brat about this. She's normal, not perfect, but she's a decent, decent kid. A real kid. A normal kid. Well, kinda. She's also a stork.
Yeah.
It sounds really weird, doesn't it? Okay. It IS really weird. But it just fits, it just seems to make sense!
When I was almost finished with Stork I realized that it has a sequel, Frost, which I ordered from the library. At first I was really sad and I thought right away about Kara's FB status. But once I finished Stork I realized that while Stork will continue, the book was good enough on it's own. It didn't end with one of those cliff-hanger deals like The Line. It was a solid solo book. So maybe, if authors are going to write a series, that's great- as long as the books can also stand alone, like Stork. Great characters. Great book and now that I'm all done with it, I'm glad that I'll have the opportunity to read more about Kat and her Minnesota adventures.