‘A Girl Called Ruthless’ by Melody Pendlebury is a YA novel that has an amazing cover and a young girl that you will take to your heart before you have finished a few chapters.
Ruthless is 11 years old and lives with her mum in Louisiana. She has big dreams and plenty of ambition. That much ambition that she runs for Mayor with the help of her incredibly strong best friend, Owen. Her town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has no age requirement to run for the post. The chances of a child winning are slim, to say the least, so Ruthless and Owen disguise themselves as an adult with the good old ‘two kids in a trench coat’ ruse. This seemingly harmless scheme has grave consequences that invite the turmoil of her mother’s past back to haunt her. When the dangers of the adult world come crashing down on Ruthless, she must learn how to live with her new reality and ultimately use it to turn her life into a success story – and live up to her name.
But will she be able to leave the past behind?
This is a book that you can clearly see Melody Pendlebury’s heart and soul has been poured into. Her fabulous storytelling draws you into Ruthless’s world. The curiosity she has for the world around her is almost infectious, she won’t let anything get in her way. She lives up to her name of Ruthless that’s for sure. An interesting character who can go a bit wild but that’s an 11-year-old and it doesn’t deter me from warming to her at all.
A tale that is a little on the darker side at times but one that is still suitable for the younger audience it is aimed at. I found I was speeding through this really engaging story which I didn’t want to end.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Darkstroke Books for my copy of this entertaining YA story.
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