As Cole Porter said, "Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh. Don't you know all the world needs a laugh?"
Well, CM Magazine got lots of yuks over my adventures in Midnight-Blue Marble. The result: a solid CM recommendation! As Marie Antoinette would say, a thumbs-up is way better than a heads-down.
Not sure what the reviewer means by calling me "scatterbrained," though. I don't think I am. Well ... okay. Let's just say I'm open to many different ideas at once. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Here's an excerpt from the review:
"This engagingly silly mystery pits a scatterbrained, impulsive heroine and her longsuffering friend, Feezer, against a strict aunt, a perfectly accomplished cousin, an assortment of nasty villains and a puzzle hidden in a pack of letters. ... the farcical action and slapstick humour make for a light, easy read, with a few facts about Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution thrown in for good measure ... Jackson uses real historical events (there was a scandal involving the French queen and a necklace, though Jackson modifies it considerably) but tells them in a chatty first-person voice ...
"This is just a fun ride, and, if the reader comes away with a few facts about the French Revolution, she probably won’t even notice!"
