Aunt Maria by Diana Wynne Jones - Week 5 Response


        What I like about this story is how it plays to the typical story tropes to let you know you are in a preteen fan stay novel but does make some improvements. The story starts out with "family going to live with a relative plot". The missing parent (Dad this time), relative turns out to be strange/mystical, and supernatural elements are all here. I like the exclusion of the men in this town being just zombie-like with no will of their own. Then our main character's brother Chris comes to this town and is turned into a werewolf. I'm a fan of the supernatural and these elements plus an engaging plot all comes out to be an enjoyable read that I wished I read as a teen myself.

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