I will say that the stuff about her adopted mum not really being her mum but the mum given to her after she’s slated still counted kind of bugged me? Her adopted mum might not have given birth to her, but she counted more than her bio mum did in her life. Mostly set in small villages, you really get a feel to rural England whilst still seeing the big and scary things you more expect to see in the city. Terry has done an excellent job with building a terrifying but realistic world. We all talk about the world being 1984 now, but damn, this seems pretty likely too. The riots, the lack of imports and the Lorders are all now scarily possible. Now I wouldn’t be surprised if the government did try to stop the young from doing things to change the power system. Back when I first read it, this did all seem impossible. This book was published in the early 2010s, way before Brexit became the word on everyone’s lips. Honestly, though, I’ll still be recommending this series because the worldbuilding is so good. It was just meh.Įither way, something about this just didn’t work for me. They felt kind of rushed and messy in this book but not in a realistic family dynamic. I think it was probably something to do with the relationships, both romantic and familial. Everything felt very fast, which I usually don’t mind but…I don’t know. And I don’t know what it was that just so put me off this one. I was so disappointed to drop this to three stars but I just didn’t enjoy it as much. The writing bugged me more and the plot just wasn’t gripping me enough. And though this was just as easy to read as the other two, I found myself putting it down so much easier. No spoilers, obviously, but I remembered a fair bit. It had been years since I read it, but I knew the location she went and the family stuff and what happened with Ben. This was one of the books I actually remembered things from.

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