Set in the Silver Kingdom, Evernight is a story about witches, toshers (similar to a mudlark, although scavaging sewers for lost riches, not river banks) and an evil darkness threatening to smoother the world unleashed by the power-hungry Mrs Hester. The Evernight is ancient magic that can only be stopped by the Doomsday Spell, and this story is the battle to find and control that spell.
There is no doubt in my mind that Ross MacKenzie is a wizard with words. Evernight is an artfully spun story, vividly conjuring a complex and convincing world of witches and magic unlike any other. Gripping from the first line, this book with thrill and delight in equal measure. A triumph of the imagination.
Lara, our unwitting hero, is a resourceful and gutsy girl. Loyal to her friends, fair-minded and fierce, her relationships with Joe and Double Eight are intriguing and I really hope there will be more to this world than just the one book.
I enjoyed reading this book immensely. It’s as if Ross got a massive cauldron and threw in all the best ingredients for a fantasy book: it’s inventive - check out the wands - has great characters - Shadow Jack is terrifying - has elements of myth, legend and old religion, mixed together with a giant imaginative spoon by Ross MacKenzie, and piff paff poof, a wonderful book!
If you like thrilling fantasy stories with gutsy protagonists, then Evernight is for you. I liked it so much I blurbed the cover.
