Hi, Patricia.

– Hi!

Lucky you. You’re our guest reviewer!

– Yay! (laughing, while eating her tenth piece of apple scroll)

I know you love this book and you’ve been itching to review it since you learnt that Joanna and I review books.

– Where is Joanna?

She’s probably taking Claudia to netball.

– Okay. Shall I tell you about the book then? Shall I just talk a bit and you type?

Yep, that’s how Joanna and I do it.

– So first, I love anything about the esoteric, supernatural, gothic; anything to do with mystery and discovery. I also love reading debut novels because I find often that they are vital and raw in a way that sometimes a writer’s later novels are not. Do you know what I mean?

Um, not really. Explain.

– What I mean is that a writer’s first book is the one that’s…