I had been looking forward to getting to know Aveline’s mother but I didn’t really get much of a sense of her personality. I love both Aunt Lilian and Mr Lieberman, who I met in the first book, but they didn’t have much of a role in this one. That affords them kindred spirit status with me for life. I enjoyed the magic in this book and definitely considered indulging in dessert with Aveline and Hazel.Īveline and Harold’s first response, regardless of the ooky spookiness they’re facing, is to find a bunch of books and do research. I never connected with her so found it difficult to see beyond her abrasiveness, even after I understood where she was coming from. I was glad when Harold showed up because, although I was initially intrigued by Hazel, her possessiveness didn’t endear her to me at all. That’s “Browne with an e.” She also meets the local vicar, Alice, who’s fond of bowler hats and rainbow socks. Old bottles with things inside them couldn’t just be ignored.īefore Harold arrives, Aveline makes a new friend, Hazel Browne. Together, Aveline and Harold hope to solve the mysteries of the stone circle and the strange bottle Aveline found in the garden. Harold, her friend from Malmouth, is coming to visit for a few days with his uncle and Lilian, Aveline’s aunt. Aveline, with her love of things that go bump in the night and anything else that would be of interest to Mulder, is in her element.
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