Phew!) I also love ambiguous endings, so I didn't feel a sequel was needed at all, though I know many folks were begging for it. (Luckily there wasn't any glitter involved. Then again maybe it's just that I hate sequels AND books with flowers or pink on the cover. This book definitely wasn't as magical as the first.

The first PLAIN JANES book was in my top three books I read in 2007 and Cecil Castellucci is AWESOME in general. She splits her time between the heart and the head and lives north and south of everything. The Year of the Beasts was a finalist for the PEN USA literary award and Odd Duck was Eisner nominated. She is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos, the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes and the Sunburst Award for Tin Star. Her short stories have been published in various places including Black Clock, The Rattling Wall, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine and can be found in such anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth & Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic. Titles include Boy Proof, The Year of the Beasts (illustrated by Nate Powell), First Day on Earth, Rose Sees Red, Beige, The Queen of Cool The Plain Janes and Janes in Love (illustrated by Jim Rugg), Tin Star Stone in the Sky, Odd Duck (illustrated by Sara Varon) and Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure. Cecil Castellucci is an author of young adult novels and comic books.

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci