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Both stories take the main character underground on a rescue mission, with the current story having Seren descend a golden staircase to travel to the palace of ice. Denn Captain Arthur Jones und Lady Mair haben sogar noch einen Sohn, Tommo, mit dem Stella ihre Zeit verbringen wollte. Booklover Jo 'A novel filled with atmosphere and charm, The Clockwork Crow will leave you spellbound.
Dark magic and mystery abounds in a frosty, snowbound landscape, making it a perfect read for this time of year in particular. However this means that it lacks some detail of characters and background, which was what stopped me giving it 5 stars. She is on her way to a new life at the remote house of Plas-y Fran, but when she gets there the happy family Christmas she had hoped for turns out to be an illusion.Seren’s wishes have come true, including her first real Christmas present and “a huge Christmas tree, all lit with candles. Was hat es mit dem geheimnisvollen Spielzeug auf sich und wo ist die Familie hin, die Stella eigentlich hier hätte erwarten sollen? I do not feel the need to read on with those so I'm fine with this being a standalone story to me and I find I've been loving standalones even more lately.
And Tomos…well, a boy could be a companion for adventures, or perhaps more like an annoying little brother. They live in a big house in the heart of Wales and though she’s never met them before, a lifelong reader, she knows how this sort of story should go.Her father’s oldest friend and his family has offered to keep her and now all she needed was to board the train. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. I didn’t really like the ending, and felt it was somehow too easy to get Tomos, after all she’s been through.