Welcome to Litsy!

Lillian kept singing and the wardrobe responded. Its double doors flew open. The clothes on the floor...straggled like lost lambs into the wardrobe‘s embrace.
Lillian stood there, her face radiant. Somehow she seemed fuller, more complete, like a piece of the puzzle...had slotted into place.
‘It‘s really happened, hasn‘t it? Oh, Mum!‘
Miranda wiped away a tear. ‘I never thought I‘d see the day you tidied your room without being asked!‘
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If you could escape to a parallel world where you can breathe under water, people have magical gifts and you get to ride dragons wouldn‘t you want to live there? Especially if you had a wicked stepmother at home and everyone thought you were losing your mind in your own world.

Excuse me - I need to get back to Aeolia ...

I love the summer-holiday, Mediterranean ambiance of these books. I sometimes pause my reading to savour the feeling. I‘m only a fifth of the way through the second book but I‘ll risk saying: LOVE it!

Esme's Gift really expanded on the world of Esperance after the first book! It was pretty good! If you'd like to read my review, see here: https://paperinklizard.wordpress.com/2020/05/08/esmes-gift-by-elizabeth-foster-r...

Book Depository came through with a replacement copy after the first presumably got lost in the Christmas mail rush!

I was pretty psyched up to read this in December... so hopefully I can get excited and read it in January 🐉