I've been reading your excellent blog over the last couple of days and ended up down the rabbit hole on your book reviews. From your reviews we seem to like a lot of the same things and I have to thank you for a few recommendations! To try and return the favour, have you read the Gameshouse trilogy/collection by Claire North/Catherine Webb? https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41716946-the-gameshouse It's a very interesting mix between a few of her novels and something I found quite compelling.