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Her sister Scarlett attended Rookwood boarding school, but soon mysteriously died… This is told from identical-twin Ivy's point of view. So I bought it, I'm certainly VERY glad i did ^_^ I'm a huge fan of Cathy Cassidy and Jaqueline Wilson though lately I've been looking for a change…Īs I browsed through endless books this one really caught my eye - I could at once tell even just by the blurb I'd love it!

I’m not sure we had ‘sleepovers’ back then – and I think this was an American term originally – but I could be wrong. NOTE: The story is set in 1930s England, but one single reference to ‘sleepovers’ really threw me so much I had to look up from my book for a moment, and was so out of place it took me a while to get back into the story.

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I LOVED this book, and unusually for me, will most definitely be reading the rest in the series in fact, I’m just about to place my order for book number two at this minute!

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To say more would only serve to spoil the plot for those yet to read this riveting book, but it’s full of great characters that you won’t forget or get confused over, and they have substance so you always know who’s who – even those with smaller roles.

Instead she has to piece it together by locating portions of Scarlet’s diary from strange places. Ivy is then, bizarrely, forced to take her place at the school where she was boarded – but it’s all cockeyed as to why she’s really there, and what actually happened to her sister. Ivy had a twin sister ‘Scarlet’, who dies mysteriously. However, I feel this an exception, as I’d made my mind up when I started reading this one that should it end unsatisfactorily in a way that only MAKES the reader need to read the follow on to gain any kind of ‘tying up of loose ends’, I simply wouldn’t do it, but this has a VERY satisfying ending, but with an ‘opening’ that makes you want to read on by CHOICE! (a different kind of thing altogether) Anything aimed at adults alone, I tend to get bored with and seldom finish.Īnother aspect to these kinds of books that I don’t usually like, is the endless trilogy, saga concept they all seem to be at it these days, and for the most part it’s a total cheat and rip-off as far as I’m concerned. Usually I have a rule to only read at night or when I’m in bed, however, this was just such a great story! To be honest, I’ve never yet had a bad book from the ‘Young Adults’ section it’s a genre you can always depend on, and that’s highly recommended to all – and I’m well out of that age range myself, but it’s the genre I tend to go for mostly these days. Talk about ‘page-turner’!? I could not put this book down, and I am a slow reader, but I’d finished this in just two days!! Partly because I was also tempted to read through the day. Although I do with this too and I’m in my 40s! However it doesn’t follow in quite the same way! No spoilers but I would recommend this book, especially to girls in the 8 to 12-year-old age range. Right from the beginning there are villains and a loyal friend.

The characters are quite well written and it has a slight Harry Potter feel to it to - not with regards to the magic side of Harry Potter but the friendship side. It moves along well and I couldn’t really see where the story was going until very close to the end. The book follows Ivy and her journey as she is forced into taking over Scarlet’s place at the school after a tragic event. They oth sat the exam to get into the school, however Scarlet passed whereas Ivy didn’t. They are close twins and, as often with twins, one is very outgoing (Scarlet) and one is less so and a bit of a shadow. The book is about twins Scarlet and Ivy who are identical. In some ways this series is a bit darker than murder most unladylike but it feels in very similar vein to me. Again it’s set in a 1930s world and involves school girls, boarding school and mysteries. This is similar to murder most unladylike. We being myself and my 10-year-old daughter! I tend to read the books 1st that she wants just to make sure they are appropriate. This is a great new series that we’ve really enjoyed.