Out today from Painted Pony Books and my pal Richard Prosch. This is the follow-up to CHASING A COMET, and continues the adventures of Jo Harper and her pals --- with more to come, I sincerely hope.
It is billed as YA, but readers of any age will enjoy it, largely due to Prosch's distinct writing style, which I have heralded here before. I had the chance to read this in mss., and the pleasure was all mine.
Here's the Amazon review I put up earlier today:
In this worthy sequel to CHASING A COMET, we are once again in the
company of feisty Jo Harper, her loopy pal Frog, and of course the one-eyed,
gun-totin' constable of their little Wyoming town, Abby Drake … along with a
few other recurring characters we either first met or heard mention of in
COMET.
I liked the comfortable feel I got from the characters and the way
they're all settled in with one another. Frog comes more into his own (for
better or worse, depending on how you look at it) this time around. This amps
up the banter between him and Jo and the potential for mischief that they can
get in together --- a sort of Tom-Huck feel, and I mean that in a complimentary
way. Then, when a sense of danger is injected, it makes even more of an impact.
Abby, of course, remains stalwart throughout.
A wild ride in a horseless carriage is only part of the fun and
adventure. With the threat of danger comes a strong mystery element, a pair of
bad guys who are by turns cunning and menacing, and then a twisty wrap-up that
is very neat indeed.
Though billed as YA, older readers will not come away
disappointed, especially with the yarn being told in typical high style via the
writing talents of author Prosch.
A fun tale that will give you some thrills and chills, more
than a few chuckles, and likely have you feeling a little younger-at-heart,
both during and after the reading.
Recommended.
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