‘An elegant and witty historical fantasy which deserves to be judged on its own (considerable) merit'
Sunday Telegraph
‘Full of spells, bad weather, statues that talk, haunted ballrooms and sinister gentlemen with thistledown hair ... be enchanted!'
Elle
‘A nourishing, 19th-century-style novel that will warm readers through any number of dark and stormy nights ... Clarke makes her magical story ridiculously engrossing'
Daily Telegraph
‘This is, in both the precise and the colloquial sense, a fabulous book ... a highly original and compelling work'
Sunday Times