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SheilaT

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6. Finished The Assistants,

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 03:00 AM

Aug 2016

I'm now reading The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North.

OMFG! Read this book. Read all of Ms. North's earlier books, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Touch.

Okay, I have a small confession to make. Claire North, in reality Catherine Webb, won a major award at the Campbell Conference a couple of years ago, and I was there, and was quite entranced with Ms. Webb. Plus I've read , Touch.

The Sudden Appearance of Hope is her most recent book. So far, and I'm about halfway through, it's extremely good.

Catherine Webb (Claire North) has a very original take on certain things, and while there are certain flaws in her books and her plotting, they can be overlooked for the sheer enjoyment aspect of her writing.

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