The central quartet of Faith, Megs, Lily and Angharad are brilliant because their interactions seem so realistic. But the friendships here are perfectly formed.

Not the romantic ones - Finn vs Ethan is a no-contest, and it's fairly obvious that Faith doesn't need either of them. Oh, and Ang and Elliott may be the cutest couple ever.īut I think the absolute best thing about both this, and the first book, is the relationships.

Special mention goes to Mrs Webber I love seeing realistic teachers with actual senses of humour. The other characters are also wonderful - Lily, who has a great heart and an interesting, if slightly bizarre, way of thinking, is my personal favourite, but everyone else is superb too. But she's also clever, resourceful, good to her friends, knows what she wants, and goes all out to get it. She's bratty, self-centred, surprisingly violent, and argumentative. But behind the laughter, it's the characters and the way they behave towards each other which are strong enough to lift it above some of the other really hugely funny books I love.įaith is one of my all-time favourite lead characters. Yes, I knew from the start that it was a hilarious read, and this is just the same - I raced through it, with a huge grin on my face right the way through. It's taken me three reads of the first book to realise just why I loved it so much, though. Were they met? Absolutely, and then some! It's another brilliantly funny read with dozens of hugely quotable lines. So you might say I had high expectations of this one. (It's just as wonderful third time around as it was at first.) Oh, and there's a hefty quote from my review of the original decorating the back of this book. It's also one of the only books published last year that I've reread - and the only one I've read three times. Have A Little Faith was one of my favourites of last year, to the point where I've bought ten copies - as presents for family members and to give and lend to other book reviewers so they can see for themselves how wonderful it is. Warning: Slight spoilers for Have a Little Faith by Candy Harper below.įaith is back, and trying to pick between the awesomely wonderful Ethan and the gorgeous but not all-that-interesting Finn (my bias, not hers!) Other stuff is happening but there's little point going into details about it because let's face it, with characters like Candy Harper's they could be doing ANYTHING and it would still be amazingly good.Ī bit of background, before I start this review.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Books I REALLY love this series, in case I hadn't mentioned it! Summary: Stunning follow-up to the only book released last year which I've read three times.

Keep the Faith by Candy Harper