Frozen Peaches: The Great Peach Experiment by Erin Soderberg Downing is about the Peach family winning a trip to the world famous Ice Hotel. While the family are eating breakfast, Freddy makes an announcement to his father and siblings. He hints that the announcement is life changing and exciting. His family is used to Freddy making random announcements that are a bit overdramatized and not really life changing at all. After a few minutes of being ignored, Freddy decides to tell them the great news.
Freddy tells his family that they won an all expense paid trip to Sweden to learn more about the Ice Hotel. When they arrived at the hotel, they met the other sweepstakes winners. As part of the contest prize, the winners will get to participate in the hotel’s Frozen Olympics to win their very own ice hotel. The siblings are excited to learn more about the Ice Hotel and win their very own one.
The novel is the third book in the series but could be read as a standalone. This was the first book I’ve read in the series and I was able to follow along with the story. There were a few references to previous storylines but it didn’t impact my enjoyment of the book. I found the book to be a quick and fun read. I feel that young readers would enjoy reading this story. The book included drawings that were made by Freddy but while cute I didn’t really think they added much to the story. The book also included a short author’s note explaining her inspiration for the book. I would have enjoyed the book a bit more if it had a bit more humor though. I would be open to reading more books by the author.
