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|title=Havenfall
|author=Sara Holland
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|publisher=Bloomsbury
|date=March 2020
|isbn=978-1526614889 1547603794
|website=https://www.sarahollandwrites.com/
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Maddie Morrow is supposed to spending the summer with her Grandma Ellen. But after a visit to her mother in prison, Maddie wants nothing more than to go to Havenfall to see her uncle, Marcus. It's the only place she feels truly at home. Maddie's father, understandably, is not keen on Maddie spending time with her mother's family - because the crime Maddie's mum is languishing on death row for committing is the murder of Maddie's brother...
It's not perfect: some of the plot points were too heavily signalled and I'd guessed most of the reveals long before they arrived. And Maddie's initial indecisiveness didn't improve sufficiently by the end to make her a truly satisfying central character. Oh, and Brekken was delicious and we needed more of him. But these are nitpicks really - fans of the fantasy genre will find everything they're looking for in ''Havenfall'' - magic, adventure, an interesting multi-world environment with lots of potential for future stories, and a sweet love story for the central character.
If you like the look of ''Havenfall'' and haven't already, you should read [[Everless by Sara HollandEverlessHolland|Everless by Sara HollandEverless]], also by Holland. It ties magic to time to currency - a brilliant and fresh concept. And for a fantasy series exploring the meeting of the human world with others, we love [[Firebrand (Rebel Angels) by Gillian Philip]].
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