" This book was what I can only describe as "precious." Perhaps it was the fantasy world of Virginia small town life as according to the author/goddess, but more likely it the idea of pets calling their owner "Mom." That made me want to yak profusely. Equally disturbing to me was that discovery that in this book animals talk. All the time. To each other. At the same level of intelligence as middle school girls who announce their cell phone conversations on public buses. I ignored all this mess in hopes of finding a mystery. Instead I ran into dating scenarios and catty encounters. What really happens is that this utopian society whirls on without a hitch while the newly introduced characters die in increasingly bizarre ways, disturbing the inhabitants but not preventing them from their picnics, farmin' and huntin'. Eventually it all solves itself (still ignoring the talking animals as a way to move plot forward) in a flamboyant explosion of ego and sabotage because kiddies, crime doesn't pay. "
— Korynn, 12/26/2013