Book: Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood
Release date: March 6, 2007
Publisher: Berkley Trade
From: Author
Summary:
Being sent to your room is one thing. But being sent to another country? Morgan’s boyfriend dumped her on the last day of school-it seemed the only thing to do was to hack off her hair and dye the stubble orange. Unfortunately, Morgan’s parents freaked and decided a change of scenery would do her good. So they’re sending her off on a bike tour of Ireland. But Morgan gets more than she bargained for on the Emerald Isle-including a strange journey into some crazy, once upon a time corner of the past. There, she meets fairies, weefolk, and a hunky warrior-dude named Fergus, and figures out that she’s got some growing to do-and she doesn’t just mean her hair.
*****
Why I Let My Hair Grow Out was such a fun book! It had me laughing out loud quite a few times and it had me reading straight through to the very end. I seem to be a reading a ton of good books lately and this is just another one that I have to add to the list.
At first, I hated Morgan with a passion. When her boyfriend, who was a huge jerk, dumped her, she assumed it was all her fault and got all mopey. That was when she chopped off her hair and got sent to Ireland as punishment. Well, not really punishment, more like mental help. I just hate girls that put themselves down for their boyfriends and I was glad that she finally grew up. She changed into a great character after she spent some time in Ireland.
Surprisingly, the book didn’t have a ton of magic in it. Some of Morgan’s time in Ireland was spent in the present and some of her time was spent in the past. It made the story so unique and enjoyable. I also found it cool that the characters from the past were all based on people from the future. They were all the members of the bike tour that she is on. It was a very clever idea.
Ooh and then there was Colin. He was absolutely adorable. He was the perfect Irish boy. Well, more of a man but still. He was sweet, funny, and his accent was to die for. I loved everything about him, especially because he was such a gentleman to Morgan. I can’t wait to learn more about their relationship in the next two books.
Overall, Why I Let My Hair Grow Out is unlike any book I have read and I expect that the next two books in the series will be just as good, if not better. If you are looking for a laugh-out-loud funny book then you should definitely pick up a copy of this one. =]
Writing: 9/10
Characters: 8/10
Plot: 10/10
Ending: 9/10
Originality: 10/10
Overall: 46/50=A-
Cover: 10/10=A+
Book: Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood
sounds fun! i might have to read it!
I’m interested in reading the 3rd book of the series.
it looks like a fun book! love the girl hair & make up. i’m definitely reading this one
Sounds cute! Great review. I’m not sure if I should be sad there isn’t much magic in it, but Colin sounds like just the type of gentlemen to make everything good. 😉
And I don’t know why, but “hunky warrior-dude” made me smile, haha.
It’s great to see a review of this one….especially since I read the review of the second book first (oops!). Not to worry, I had added this one to my wish list at that time…your review just made me even more anxious to get a copy. Thanks!
thank for th reviews im going to get it !!!!