The Story Girl Review

 

Another underrated and great book by LM Montgomery!

The Story Girl is about two brothers, Beverly and Felix King, who go to visit their cousins (named Felicity, Cecily, and Dan King) in Prince Edward Island for the summer, and part of the fall. The book in general is slice of life with no overarching plot, and it follows the situations, ranging from serious to comical, of the King cousins and some other friends. The family friends include Sarah Ray, a neighbor, and Peter, a hired boy for one of the wealthy families in the area, but the family friend that stands out the most is neighbor Sarah Stanley, or The Story Girl, which is what everyone calls her, because she loves to tell all kinds of stories. It’s also not to confuse her with Sarah Ray. The Story Girl likes to tell stories that have happened to people they know in their community, or stories she makes up herself, or even fairy tales and mythology. Almost every chapter of the book has The Story Girl telling at least one of her stories to the other characters and us, the readers.

The book has everything you can expect from an LM Montgomery book: it's very sweet and cute and heartwarming and has the whole cottagecore aesthetic going on.

But I did give it 4 stars. There's some outdated language and perspectives on certain subjects, most notably Felix, who experiences some fatphobia. Other than that, it's a great book! It's not my favorite LM Montgomery book, but it's still worth a read. I plan to read the sequel, The Golden Road, sometime in the future.

What underrated book do you recommend to everyone?