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  Clearsight spent most of her life lost in thought, tracking all the different futures and possibilities. She is a future seer and has dreaded the day she will meet the dragon who will change her life forever, Darkstalker. The most powerful Nightwing in the history of Pyrriah, who has all three gifts: future seer, mind reader and Animus. In the SeaKingdom, Fathom is shocked to find out that he is an Animus: one of the rare dragons who can enchant objects, for the price of  becoming heartless, vengeful and dangerous. He is sent to warn Darkstalker of the consequences, who pays no heed. As the nightwing starts to change,  Clearsight is forced to overcome her love for Darkstalker and save her tribe from the dragon she once knew. This is my favourite book ever! The writing is beautiful, the characters are funny and the story line superb. Although, I cannot hide the fact that I cried at the end of the book. There are two very violent parts, but the rest is fine. The author ga...

  Lyla Spence is a stubborn little girl when she arrives at the house of Great Aunt Ada for her safety during the war. Lyla believes that her father ‘captured’ and took her away from beloved Mop (mother) in London. She does not care about her safety and does everything in her power to get back, although nothing seems to work. Nothing, until one of her plans takes a turn for the worse, and all the staff and children of Garden Hill School for Girls evacuate to Aunt Ada’s house. Lyla hates this, since she has never gone to school before. As the years go by, she starts to remember things that she would rather forget, uncover feelings hidden away and reveal secrets that haunt her. Can she learn to move forward and accept the love of those around her? This book was one of the saddest I have ever read. The book really connects you with Lyla and often the devastating and lonely parts of her life make you want to cry. If you have trouble dealing with sadness, then maybe this book is not for...