A review by reinamwr
The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer

4.0

I enjoyed The Teashop Girls. It's a Tween/Early Teen fiction book (the heroine is thirteen)which can be enjoyed by adults as well. The relationships between Annie and her best friends, her grandmother Louisa, and her family are well-drawn and the characters are likeable. The setting (Madison, WI) made me want to visit there again, and the various recipes and tea-related pages were a fun addition, especially for this tea-lover. There are some subtle touches I appreciated, such as the behavior of the antagonists (or I interpreted them as subtle). There were a few things that threw me out of the story, like the teens sometimes speaking more like adults than some of the adult characters, but, oddly, this lessened as the book went on. Recommended for those who enjoy YA/children's fiction with whimsical charm, spunky heroines, and an emphasis on family and friends.