![]() ![]() The initial few chapters – when it’s not clear yet what sort of haunted universe Jenny has stepped into, and her encounters with the uncanny are glancing and inexplicable – are by far the creepiest. (Jenny remarks on her head-over-heels reaction to Tamsin by saying, “I’d never been the type to get girl-crushes before,” and that is the full extent to which she dissects any issues of sexual identity the rest of the time she just goes on loving Tamsin.) It is also quite queer, in a very sweet, nondramatized way. I cannot recommend this more for fans of spooky English/Celtic fantasy, like Elizabeth Marie Pope’s The Perilous Gard, or even Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series. ![]() ![]() This is the book that restored my Beagle-faith after I bounced violently off of The Innkeeper’s Song frankly I think it’s a bit of a hidden gem, given how little I’ve seen it mentioned or discussed. To help her, Jenny must delve deeper into the dark world than any human has in hundreds of years, and face danger that will change her life forever. Since her death over 300 years ago, Tamsin has haunted the lonely estate without rest, trapped by a hidden trauma she can’t remember, and a powerful evil even the spirits of night cannot name. Arriving in the English countryside to live with her mother and new stepfather, Jenny has no interest in her surroundings, until she meets Tamsin. ![]()
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