This sequel to Sugar Rush continues the story of Maria Sweet, aka Sugar, whose spicy life, if we are to continue the analogy, is amazingly imagined by Julie Burchill. There is no doubting Burchill's skill at creating a plausible character who, surprisingly, can be endearing despite a fairly awful set of circumstances, including the inability for a variety of reasons to bring up her toddler daughter. Despite the non-stop assualt of explicit language and content about which the cover forewarns us, much of this is innuendo and half-said smut which I imagine will appeal to some but not all teen readers. There is absolute mockery of those who do not conform to Maria's world view, but as this shifts it is not always clear who she is currently running down, nor whether the book is making a statement about any of them, be it gay people, the rich or middle class mothers. I am not the best person to review a book of this kind. It really should be reviewed by the teenage audience for whom it is intended.

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2007-11-07