'An unholy alliance of Austen and Angela Carter'

Daily Mail

'These tales read as if Jane Austen had rewritten the Brothers Grimm ... wonderful'

Spectator

'Witty rejoinders and genteel manners to contrast nicely with the darker tones of hauntings, shape-changing and black magic ... Clarke is a natural storyteller'

Sunday Telegraph

'It is the poise and lightness of Clarke's prose that draws the reader in'

Daily Telegraph