Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball

A funny and charming new character Amelia lives in a totally weird world; with elements of the Gothic always in evidence. The author's illustrations are superb and really reflect the content of the story. This is a truly wonderful addition to this sub-genre of story, with heroes and villains (well, horrible girls) that you can really get involved with. I am looking forward to her further adventures

A wonderfully cute book! Really enjoyed reading it and laughed out loud a few times. The illustrations are so cute and makes me want my own pet pumpkin! Perfect for children (and those young at heart) closer to Halloween time!

Set in Nocturnia, Amelia and the rest of the Fang family are preparing to host the latest Barbaric ball the only annual event in Nocturnal only this time, the king and prince are attending too.

Ahead of time Amelia has to show the prince around her school where he acts very stuffily towards them all and when he has dinner with the whole family pre barbaric ball, he acts entitled and ends up taking Amelia's Squashy, her friend!

Amelia sets off determined to retrieve Squashy away from the awful prince but can she and will she succeeded and what is wrong with the prince to make him so awful?

The book was wonderful, I hated the prince as you should and loved Amelia and her spooky friend. May I say the language and phrases in the book were genius for example a diephone and Great British Carve off for example made me laugh. The drawings were great too with a lot of detail for each character with elaborate costumes for the cast of the book. The deep issue in the book a round friends and parents worked nicely in the last half of the book when Amelia figures things out as the plot develops on and was actually a great twist as well as truthful in how we act to people as we develop relationships.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!