One somewhat more obscure YA writer I was obsessed with: Liz Berry. She wrote a gorgeous standalone called The China Garden:
'Remember, I tried to stop you. Don't blame me. Remember I tried to warn you.'
Clare is chilled by her mother's warnings to stay away from Ravensmere, the large country house where her mother has taken a private nursing job. But Clare knows she has to go there - it is not a choice but a compulsion. And she only intends to stay a few weeks, anyway, just until she goes to university in the autumn.
Ravensmere is a strange, enchanting place, but she grows increasingly disturbed. How come the local villagers appear to know her? Why is she having these odd visions? And who is the attractive, leather-clad stranger who is watching her? What is the power of the Benison and why must she visit the China Garden in the middle of the night?
Ravensmere casts a magical spell over Clare, drawing her into a mystery that stretches back over thousands of years. She knows that Ravensmere and the valley are in danger and that time is running out - but will she risk her future to save it?
The China Garden is a haunting novel of an ancient legend, family secrets and young love. A heady mixture of romance and mystery.
She also wrote a bunch of more or less interconnected books about rock bands Easy Connection, Night Mission and Assassination and the girls who get caught up with them, which were id-central for teenaged me.
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Date: 2013-07-07 04:44 am (UTC)'Remember, I tried to stop you. Don't blame me. Remember I tried to warn you.'
Clare is chilled by her mother's warnings to stay away from Ravensmere, the large country house where her mother has taken a private nursing job. But Clare knows she has to go there - it is not a choice but a compulsion. And she only intends to stay a few weeks, anyway, just until she goes to university in the autumn.
Ravensmere is a strange, enchanting place, but she grows increasingly disturbed. How come the local villagers appear to know her? Why is she having these odd visions? And who is the attractive, leather-clad stranger who is watching her? What is the power of the Benison and why must she visit the China Garden in the middle of the night?
Ravensmere casts a magical spell over Clare, drawing her into a mystery that stretches back over thousands of years. She knows that Ravensmere and the valley are in danger and that time is running out - but will she risk her future to save it?
The China Garden is a haunting novel of an ancient legend, family secrets and young love. A heady mixture of romance and mystery.
She also wrote a bunch of more or less interconnected books about rock bands Easy Connection, Night Mission and Assassination and the girls who get caught up with them, which were id-central for teenaged me.