Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville

Those two have the snappiest dialogue and great little one-liners! I love how courageous and full of fun they are, and how sensitive they are to Juliet's needs. My second favorite characters are the rat duo, Jerome and Roxanne.

Toe stands a foot tall, but whether or not he has eyes is an enigma. As for his appearance (other than being a toe) Mr. Toe will eat the vegetables that Clarice doesn't like. Toe only shakes hands with the neighbor boy and no one else. Toe made me laugh my head off! It was the perfect addition to this quirky and magical story. When asked if he is a pinky toe, Clarice responds that he is a big. Toe, the imaginary friend of Juliet's baby sister, Clarice. She's incredibly intelligent and witty and altogether delightful! It was wonderful to see her growing and dealing with her fears. Like most shy people, she is terribly misunderstood, and her relationships with others are strained because of that. And her painful shyness sometimes makes her react in unexpected ways. Juliet is a beautifully complex character who is NOT your stereotypical 'shy person.' She is shy, but that is not ALL she is. And thirdly, I love stories with strong family relationships with both a mother and father present and involved and actually parenting (instead of dead, divorced, or absent). Secondly, I love stories with wise-cracking rats or mice.

It's up to Juliet and her new rodent friends from the Magic Shop to unravel the mystery of the amulet, and get Juliet out of the ancient love story she is doomed to relive.įirst of all, I love stories that bring in the old Greek gods into modern settings (because of Percy Jackson). When a mysterious woman gives her an enchanted amulet, every boy in town starts to fall in love with her. This is the tale of Juliet, who is a shy young teen with a literary and artistic family. There was so much acting and expression put into every sentence that it made the story really come alive! I listened to this on audiobook, and I think that really made a difference to the story, hearing an entire cast of characters reading the dialogue.

Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville