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Over the course of one summer, these three will come together in a way that will shatter lives forever...
Oh! This isn't what I've come to expect from Celia Rees! She writes historical books - either straight adventures such as [[Sovay by Celia Rees|Sovay]] or set in the present day with a supernatural and historical twist, such as [[Ghost Chamber by Celia Rees|Ghost Chamber]]. She's turning into the genre-busting [[Category:Nicola Morgan|Nicola Morgan]]. And, as [[Category:Patrick Ness|Patrick Ness]] declares on the press sheet for the book, she ''has ventured into new territory and returned with explosives''. This is a fantastic novel - dark and ominous but at the same time intimate and quite beautiful.
We know that things don't end well right from the first chapter, we just don't know exactly how they'll end and what series of events and connections will direct the journey taken by each of the three narrators. It's the story of a love triangle, but it's also much more than that. It's about politics and war. About family relationships. About jealousy and revenge. About PTSD. About being satisfied with what you have and about the desire for what you can't have.
