Review: My biggest complaint was that it ended!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
This was a really great book.  Much improved editing-wise from the first one and it flowed easily.  I enjoyed what another reviewer called, 'a collection of short stories' very much, as they were interspersed between stories of the ever precocious Savvy.  I found myself stopping several times to chuckle or tell my mom about different things the author had mentioned and even started to expand on Long QT.  I felt so smart after reading this book!  I don't recommend it to hypochondriacs who think they have diseases after reading about them online...because this book WILL have you checking your pulse and wondering if that fainting episode you had back in high school might have been Long QT and not just dehydration or the fact that you pulled an all nighter on nothing but Dr. Pepper and chocolate bars.  Not me.  I mean, if you're the kind of person who did that kind of thing in high school or college.  Or maybe college both times.  Okay, so yeah.  That was me.  Anyway, I am very glad the author created his own website and Facebook group to help educate people on this syndrome.  I took his advice after reading a few of the scary stories of those who have survived Long QT and those who did not, and didn't look up LQTS online.  I'm a scaredy cat that way.All this to say, I really enjoyed this book.  It was informative, humourous, edge of your seat, wondering what's going to happen next, storytelling.  I actually read the first in the series and then jumped ahead to this one because the author was releasing it around the time that I first stumbled upon his work.  Now I want to go back and read the first few in the series and then jump ahead to read FOURTHcoming and An Angel On Her Shoulder.  I think I really enjoy these books because Savvy reminds me so much of my own daughter at that age.  It's really nice to have a book that I can relate to, especially since I don't read non-fiction very much.  I write fiction and mostly read fiction because I like to escape into other worlds.  I'm not a huge non-fiction fan.  But Savvy Stories?  Irresistable!  Way to go, Mr. Alatorre!  Keep up the good work!  And Savvy?  Keep being cute and enjoy the incredible bond you have with your dad.  He's an incredible guy.Amy McGuireAuthor of The Hope Valley Saga