A review by sammah
Mary Anne and the Great Romance by Ann M. Martin

3.0

I rescued my copy of this from a library book sale. It's one of those ridiculously huge hardback library copies we all checked out back in 1991. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. You know.

YOU KNOW.

Anyway, this was some shit right here. First of all, Mary Anne can be hella catty for no real reason. She has a few little minor hissy fits in this book, and there's so much foreshadowing of what comes in book 31 it's insane. Richard and Sharon let Dawn and Mary Anne know that they are going to get married. The girls try to plan a lavish wedding, which is shot down.

Amidst all this the pair of girls keep having little tense moments (that book 31 foreshadowing, ya'll). Mary Anne has a blow up when Dawn spills the beans that the Spiers will be moving into their house on Burnt Hill Road (what a name) and Dawn ends up crying. Sensitive Mary Anne made someone cry, ha!

The B-Plot is about the Arnold twins doing what all siblings do, and fight. Wah. It wasn't interesting.

Mary Anne's primary concern is also that Sharon doesn't like cats. I mean she doesn't have to cuddle with Tigger, just tolerate him. Everyone needs to chill out, but of course the real fun is in book 31. DUNDUNDUNNNN!