Language: PG-13 (12 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (passionate kissing; implied sex); Violence: PG-13 (bloody death)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
17yo Verity is tired of staying home at the Highmoor estate and when she receives an invitation to paint portraits for a family in Bloem, she’s absolutely thrilled. Her older sister and caregiver adamantly denies Verity any hope of leaving. This suffocates Verity and when she asks Camille why she’s denying her any hope of freedom and adventure, Camille confides that Verity talks to ghosts everywhere they go, no one else can see them, and this makes her and the family look crazy. Verity denies this accusation until proven wrong when told her nanny has been dead for twelve years and Verity had no idea because she talks to her and receives help from her every day. When Verity sneaks away in the night, she feels truly alone for the first time in her life and what awaits her is beyond anything she can imagine.
I love the author's writing style. The character development was fun to read. I enjoyed the mystery surrounding the family in Bloem. The ethnicity is mixed.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian
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