Would that I had a Genie bottle or, better yet, a Genie handy; the first would hopefully let me dream what I am supposed to write here and the latter grant me a wish for the perfect thing to be written. Lacking either, I suppose I am going to have to help myself - which are Genies' goals for humans anyway, so I guess it is fitting that I have neither. If that sound rather convoluted then perhaps I have begun writing the perfect post after all, for this book was more than "just another day in the Kingdoms and Empires". It showed that Moriarty is truly the literary heir of the great Diana Wynne Jones, for NO other author possesses such sheer genius in weaving story threads across time itself! Meaning it was first confusing then intriguing then a heartstopping thrill-ride watching Lillian Velvet use her wits and the contents of a pickle jar to meet and help the Mettlestones. Linear causality is overrated anyway.
I would say goodbye, only I am dead certain this is not the last we have seen of the Mettlestone family (or, hopefully, Lillian as well), past or present. So until next time, whatever time within the Kingdoms and Empires that may be!
(By the way, Jaclyn Moriarty obviously had WAY TOO MUCH FUN writing this book.)
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