BlueInk Review: “Helium Heels” by E. Dorinda Shelley delivers one surprise after another

Do you wonder what becomes of the baby ghosts in E. Dorinda Shelley’s “The Helium Egg”? Pick up the third book of the series, “Helium Heels,” to learn that they have become a bunch of mischievous pranksters.
 
After getting themselves sprayed by a skunk, the baby ghosts bathe in tomato juice to remove the odor. And because they still smell, they are sent to sleep near the donkeys – their next victims – whose hoofs are to be trimmed the next day.
 
Independent book review publication BlueInk Review recently reviewed “Helium Heels.” It found the story to be unique and imaginative, but also scattered and wanting of improvement.
 
Though the third book delivers one surprise after another, it “lacks the same sense of progression” as that of the book that introduced the baby ghosts. BlueInk found a number of faults that “overshadow the story’s uniqueness as well as its accessible diction and colorful illustrations.”
 
BlueInk Review’s verdict: “Helium Heels” delivers an unapologetically original story that never quite takes off.
 
Order E. Dorinda Shelley’s “Helium Heels” today through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
 
Helium Heels
Written by E. Dorinda Shelley
Published by PRGott Books Publishing
Published date: June 22, 2012
Paperback price: $12.95
 
About the Author
Dr. E. Dorinda Shelley is a retired dermatologist. She grew up in Missouri, spending weekends on a farm with friendly horses. She, her husband, and three children lived for many years on a “farmette” in NW Ohio, surrounded by many of the animals in this story. This is the third in a series of books she has written and Eleanor Hutton has illustrated.
 

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