Funny page-turning & addictive just like Malory Towers for grown-ups
- Sophie Kinsella For the first time the girls caught sight of the turreted castle-like building that would be home for the next nine months the four towers of the main houses nestled in the hills with the cliffs behind leading down to the still turquoise sea Maggie loves teaching English at beautiful Downey House but she is less keen on planning her wedding to dependable Stan Instead she's working on ignoring her crush on David Mc Donald who teaches English at the local boys' school Just as Simone & Fliss have become friends Zelda arrives to upset everything Zelda is loudly glamorously American & she's full of ways to improve life at boring school Soon quiet mousy Simone is undergoing a makeover & Fliss is about to jeopardise everything to impress a boy In a new year at school the girls of Downey House will be breaking all the rules
- & not all of them will escape unscathed "A brilliant boarding school book stuffed full of unforgettable characters thrilling adventures & angst"
- Lisa Jewell