A Place Called Perfect: 1

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Boy, is his name and he tells Violet that the rose tinted spectacles do something to change reality. I wanted to figure out everything there was about this town, about its residents, about the Archers.

Imagine living in a perfect town where everything is neat and tidy, the kids are polite and well behaved and the tea tastes like the best thing you can imagine. No sooner did she set her foot in Perfect, she knows that something is not right, that this is no ordinary place. When I'm not writing or designing I'm hanging around with Robbie, my husband (who loves climbing mountains), my daughters Jo and Bobbie and our crazy rescue dog Tinky.

At present, her first novel ‘Otto Vintage and the Doomquaker’, a thriller about an angel boy destined to join the celestial St Wisewings military academy, is on submission to publishers. Es geht um Freundschaft, aber auch um Abhängigkeiten, die dazu führen, dass nichts mehr hinterfragt wird. It’s written beautifully, it full of adventures, it’s so tense, spooky, creepy, full of imagination, great pace, great storyline, it’s atmospheric, okay like literally everything is just SO GOOOOD! But Violet quickly discovers there's something weird going on – she keeps hearing noises in the night, her mum is acting strange and her dad has disappeared. The world-building is done wonderfully and you'd no doubt feel a shiver running down your spine a good few times.

This was definitely a brilliant book, quite creepy but still amazing, with some incredible characters and an enticing yet unique plot. The little adventures were fun to follow and everything was just as wild and full of imagination as I'd hoped it would be.Another theme of mine is our reliance on pills and potions to fix our problems, to make us "normal" but what is normal? Told with panache and illustrating the genuine bond that is fostered between Violet and her new friend, No Man’s Land orphan, Boy, the good-natured teasing and gradual realisation that working together can bring greater rewards gives the story a real charm. Already concerned about the apparent imposter that her replaced her mother, Violet’s dispirited and increasingly jaded father suddenly disappears on a supposedly urgent opticians conference. Yess, that is his name, Boy and she immediately befriends him and together they go on their journey to discover the secrets behind the magical town.