One distinguishing mark of his work are his great and deeply distinct illustrations. He writes big, British fantasy stories that root themselves resolutely in space and place and explore the darkness of what may happen and what has already happened there. Young friends, Lil and Verne, embroiled in events they can't begin to understand have to stand with Cherry and save their town from the brink of destruction. This town has guardians, protectors, and it needs them right now because Whitby is facing its newest - and maybe darkest - hour. She's the last of the Whitby Witches a delicious bit of writing that I can adore and marry for it is perfect. Aunt Alice was one.Ĭherry Cerise is another. Whitby is a space between the worlds, a thin gauze between the human and the other, and such a town needs protectors. They don't get there easily nor painlessly, but they end up there when they're needed. Jennet and Ben, back in The Whitby Witches have to earn their presence within Whitby. This is a strange, evocative town that you have to earn. It hinges on the great jaws of the West and East Cliff and when you stand there, on that bridge between the two sides of the town, you can feel the whole world rolling in off the sea to greet you.
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