131. Captain Pug

Captain Pug (Adventures of Pug #1) Laura James. 2017. 128 pages. [Source: Library]

First sentence: It was an ordinary morning at No. 10, The Crescent, and everyone was busy except Pug and his freckled companion, Lady Miranda, who were both still in bed, snoring. 

Premise/plot: Pug is extremely food-motivated. Which leads to some trouble in this his first adventure--or misadventure. Lady Miranda (his owner) is invited to a birthday party. Of course Pug goes along. (As do her footmen in case there's any hard labor (or easy labor for that matter)). But when Pug is distracted by food in a picnic basket, well, his troubles begin...for he soon finds himself on a tourist bus far away from Lady Miranda...his only hope (according to Pug's logic) is to become a famous enough sea captain that Lady Miranda hears of him and comes to his rescue. (He's been dressed up as a captain). Will these two ever be reunited?

My thoughts: Pug has so many misadventures. I wasn't really worried about Pug until I realized I only had two or maybe three pages before THE END and these two were still far, far apart. The ending is so rushed. Readers do spend more time with Pug than Lady Miranda, which may be a good thing? But Pug is adorable as you could reasonably predict.

 

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