Robyn Harding is a Canadian author from Quesnel, British Columbia best known for writing a series of mystery thrillers. Given that there was not much to do in her small town setting, she spent much of her time in creative writing as she hoped to publish a novel by the time she was seventeen just like SE Hinton an author she looked up to. Besides Hinton, she was also a voracious reader of Archie Comics, Nancy Drew and anything that has horses or stories of shark attacks. After finishing her high school studies, she moved to Vancouver to study and her writing career was relegated to a hobby for the time being. In college, Robyn studied journalism English literature and then marketing after which she got a job in the advertising industry. She …show more content…
They are truly fascinating narratives that show just how gracious as well as how mean people can be. While some of the characters are utterly flawed, they are realistic and relatable in their human flaws. What makes Harding’s novels so intriguing is the relatability not only of their characters but also of their plots. The happenings in her novels including the meanness, drama, accidents, and embarrassment are what could actually happen in any real life community. The pacing of the narratives is also very good with not a dull moment anywhere in the novels. The drama in the novels start right from the first page and does not let up right to the very end. Harding writes of catastrophic or bad things happening to seemingly perfect families or persons. For instance despite Jeff and Kim Sanders of The Party presenting the look of the perfect family being attractive and having nice toys, clothes, and nice cars, they have problems and secrets that their neighbors know nothing about. Overall, the author asks the question, do the characters have what it takes to survive the strain of catastrophic or distressing events in their marriages, child parent, or romantic relationships. Told from multiple points of views the stories come to life as each character and plot line is fleshed out making the drama all the more