“The Story Girl sighed. She loved expressive words, and treasured them as some girls might have treasured jewels. To her, they were as lustrous pearls, threaded on the crimson cord of a vivid fancy. When she met with a new one she uttered it over and over to herself in solitude, weighing it, caressing it, infusing it with the radiance of her voice, making it her own in all its possibilities for ever.”

After reading these words, how can the bookworm in you not want to finish this story? Now here is the LM Montgomery that everyone raves about. This whole book is just beautifully written! The Story Girl is about a group of first cousins who spend the summer together on the family farm/homestead on Prince Edward Island, and the adventures they get up to with one of their friends from school and Peter, the hired boy who works on the farm. Cousin Sara, better known as the Story Girl, has an uncanny ability to weave wondrous tales that regal and enthrall everyone, children and adults alike. It’s a lovely story of childhood innocence, and it reminded me of my childhood days spent with my own cousins on our great-aunt’s farm, and the adventures, as well as MISadventures 😅, that we had. I must admit that after reading Kilmeny of the Orchard last month, I had my doubts about LM Montgomery, but no more! I am very eager to read the sequel to this book, The Golden Road.