Author: Florence Magnin
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: March 2025
£8.99 incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800441583
As Emilie comes to explore the Irish estate she’s inherited, she’s forced to face a startling truth: there, ghosts, fairies and gateways to other worlds aren’t mere legends, but rather the reality!
Then there are the other residents, all of them strange, creepy at times, and who seem to hide a terrible secret. But there is a greater mystery still: who is the man who, from the shadows, manipulated the young woman into coming to Ireland – and for what purpose?
You have to admit that there are beautiful covers to this series. Having written that the interior art is absolutely perfect and fits this story well. Magnin weaves the alien world, Earth and other scenes into one fascinating book and a story that keeps you guessing at what is going on.
I was going to mention various points but that would all involve spoilers. Really no one should ever spoil the twists and turns especially in a series like this which is probably one of the best Cinebook has published and that is a high compliment. The characters are all well drawn and nicely detailed and the colour work is almost, dare I write "perfection"? The buildings and interiors are so lovingly detailed I keep going back to look them over.
Just how long does it take Magnin to draw a page let alone 48 and then colouring them??
Author: Florence Magnin
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: July 2025
£8.99 Incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800441651
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/emilies-inheritance-vol4-dreamer-p-4581.html
The man who manipulated Emilie into coming to the Hatcliff Estate, and then kidnapped her so she would open its gates to him, has revealed himself as an extraterrestrial exile.
Meanwhile, the strange phenomenon that had stopped the passing of time within the bounds of the estate has ended, and winter comes, aging its inhabitants at an accelerated rate.
In desperation, they’ve sent Bran, Emilie’s lover, to fetch Hatcliff back from ‘Fairyland’ – in actuality, another planet. Can the process still be halted?
Everything I wrote above I could only repeat here. Flying ships, sea monsters,alien world, The snow and ice pages 14 and 15 I was stuck on and taking it all in (several times in fact). I had a thought that, once the 5th volume is out, this would be an excellent series to sit down with on a quiet Christmas or winter day and binge read. If I had gotten hold of these volumes as a kid no one would have seen or heard from me for a week.
This is all well plotted and written, drawn to a very high standard and coloured to perfection.
If you want a hands down recommendation for a series then this is it. Why are we not seeing this series praised more?
Superb.
BUY IT!
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