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Verity Fibbs is the daughter of fashion designer Saffron Fibbs. Saffron's brought her up on her own and made a pretty good job of it without a lot of input from Verity's 'bio-dad'. Verity's used to the celebrity lifestyle although Saffron does her best to keep her feet firmly on the ground, with or without coffee suede boots. The latest buzz is that Saff and Eden Greenfield are dating – it's even trending on Twitter – and Verity is getting texts asking if the fashion magnate is going to be her new Dad. When Vee wants to retreat from all this she plays an online game called Demon Streets, although she's ''obviously'' not addicted. Before long she's going to find that she's playing the game against a real, live villain.

It's going to appeal most to early teen girls (Verity is fourteen) although there is a reasonably strong male lead. I'm not going to tell you his name – you'll have to find that out the way that Verity did – but don't take as gospel the fact that she describes him as a waste of lipstick at one point. She's a sassy protagonist and you'll really want her to succeed.

It's a good book and there's the advantage that it will appeal to the reluctant reader, without ever feeling as though it's been dumbed down. The chapters are short, with regular switches between the main story and the RPG – and the illustrations are relevant and attention-grabbing. I would ''murder'' for those boots. Good stuff.

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