Hardinge creates an entire world and furnishes it with wonders. Pure magic. -- M.R. Carey, author of
The Girl With All the GiftsEveryone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now -- Patrick Ness
In Deeplight, Hardinge's unparalleled, terrifying imagination illuminates an underwater world filled with the potent debris of departed gods, and the desperate ambitions of the humans who seek it. No one else writes quite like her - every new book is something extraordinary to be celebrated. -- Imogen Russell Williams
Electrifyingly good -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
A novel by Hardinge is always an event * Sunday Times *
Frances Hardinge has joined the company of writers whose books I will always seek out and read -- Garth Nix
There is no mistaking the distinctive voice and vividly crafted prose of Frances Hardinge. She is a writer who delights in language, and whose stories fizz with ideas, allusions and eccentric detail * Metro *
Costa award-winner Hardinge is on top form. -- Sally Morris * Daily Mail *
The high priestess of Gothic brings a whole world to meticulous and terrifying life, as two boys stumble upon a secret as frightening as it is wonderful. Deeply, marvellously haunting. -- Marianne Levy * i Weekend *
A magical fantasy adventure from the award-winning author of
The Lie Tree. * Sunday Express *
A feat of impressive world-building and imagination. * The Times - Children's Books of the Year *
This is a dazzling deep-sea tale. * The Financial Times *
Hardinge's surreal powers of world-building combine with her astute understanding of relationships to create a weird, wonderful, beguiling novel. * The Guardian - Best Books of the Year *
Frances Hardinge is among the most original writers working today and Deeplight (Macmilllan) one of her finest books yet. She's a writer who defies easy categorisation; this will entice older children and beyond. -- Fiona Noble * The Observer - The New Review *
Frances Hardinge is among the most original writers working today and Deeplight (Macmillan) one of her finest books yet. Here, her dazzling imagination has conjured the Myriad archipelago, a strange world of undersea gods, lush mythology and Lovecraftian submersibles. Two very human boys, orphans turned scavengers, make a dangerous
discovery that drives a thrilling and unpredictable plot. She's a writer who defies easy categorisation; this will entice older children and far beyond
* Observer *
The writing is exquisite and adults will enjoy it as much as teenagers * Daily Express - Christmas Books round-up *
It's a great adventure, you really believe in the world that Frances has created * CLPE *
