5/21/2023 0 Comments Darkhenge![]() ![]() It's classed as a YA book, but there's no dumbing-down in the language at all. It makes most other YA (even most adult) fantasy I've read recently seem crassly simplistic in its approach to the fantastic aspects of their worlds. And a real poetic use of myth and how it relates to the psyche - the whole thing is wonderfully subtle, without ever being less than readable. It reminded me of the best of Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Robert Holdstock - a way of conjuring the landscape (in this case around Avebury, Wiltshire) and weaving it into the lives of her characters that leaves me in awe. I've just finished it and thought it was fantastic, the kind of story I've been looking for for years without realising it. ![]() ![]() Has anyone else read her "Darkhenge"? It didn't come up when I did a forum search. ![]()
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