They have to travel far and wide meeting new friends along the way and also do battle with the yarkas and bazelfangs. They are up against Morgana the evil sorceress who put the curse on the goddess Ophelia. Only Ophelia’s enchanted gown can save her, but Morgana will stop at nothing to get her own hands on the gown, as she believes it will give her the ultimate power to rule over Xenitha.

The story was brilliant, the plot was fun and the character’s were brought to life. The gillyweasels were my favourites and ,you can imagine what they all would look like in real life. It was very gripping from start to finish. Just from the first couple of chapters, I knew that I was going to be hooked and boy was I?! (just as my poor other half knew, who had to sleep with the light on as I couldn’t put it down)!

My kids aged 3 and 12 enjoyed me reading this to them, so as for age group recommendations for this brilliant book, I’d say anything from 8 till 100. It’s a brilliant book to read and I promise you won’t get a better adventure than this. I so wanted to be there in the group, but am unsure if I could do as well as them.

I will definitely recommend this book to everyone I know. I even had a cry at the end! I’m now going to look out for the 2nd book as soon as I can. I’m also off to make gillyweasel cookies (don’t ask!) for my children, as they want them so much. In summary – wow, get reading it now!