When Camille makes a social faux-pas, her family send her to live in the country with a godmother she has never met. But her godmother’s house holds secrets and her sick daughter Lucy is an enigma that Camille may never understand.
I enjoyed the foreshadowing that took place throughout this book. Right from the first page you knew what was going to happen, you just didn’t know when or how. It made for a really tense read so that even the lulls in the plot still felt fraught.
The growing friendship between Camille and Lucy added an underlying beauty to the narrative. As they grow closer it is easy to see how they are changing each other and how their lives are gradually becoming entwined.
The gothic darkness at the heart of this book is masterfully crafted with perfect settings and a dark air of secrecy. Lucy plays the princess trapped in the tower whilst monsters prowl in the forest – the perfect setting for a fairytale. However her illness is the darkness that warns the reader there may not be a happily ever after.
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