The blend of the past mixed with something that should be impossible and speaks of witch craft or magic was enjoyable to read and unique in the way it was presented. Uniqueness – I’ve never come across a book like this before. Set in a dark twisting place, with haunting horrors and a past of secrets and betrayal, Faith walks the road alone as she travels the same path as her Father and tries to succeed where he failed. I got a clear image of what was happening, could visualise scene changes as they happened and got a clear sense of the characters. The ease of the books language helped with the easiness of visualisation. Visualisation – It was easy to visualise what was happening throughout the story of the book.
She starts with concealing the need to want to rebel but as the book goes on, she finds the confidence to stand up for herself and seek the answers she’s desperate for. She crosses through many states of emotions and levels of determination as she goes through the book. I could understand the language and structure of what was written very well and able to read without interruption.Ĭharacterisation – Faith is such a multi-layered character. Faith’s search for the tree leads her into a great danger – for where lies seduce, truths shatter…Ībility to read – I worried – as I do with some YA books – that the language would sweep me in a way that I would struggle to understand but I was relieved to discover that this was not the case here. When she finds her disgraced father’s journals, filled with the notes and theories of a man driven close to madness, she’s finally discovered a secret that might be too big even for her.īecause before her are tales of a strange tree which, when told a lie, will unveil a truth: the greater the lie, the greater the truth it reveals. It was not enough, all knowledge – any knowledge – called to faith and there was a delicious, posionous pleasure in stealing it unseen.įaith has a thirst for science and a knack for uncovering secrets that the rigid confines of her upbringing cannot suppress.
Found this in Waterstones YA section and it became a part of the haul.
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