ONCE UPON A FEVER
★★★☆☆
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►Author Angharad Walker
►Publisher Chicken House
→Set in an alternate, gothic London (“Lundain”), this YA novel depicts a world in which emotions can become bizarre magical illnesses – anger, for example, can result in the victim breathing fire. Young sisters Payton and Ani Darke live in a magical hospital (think Harry Potter’s St Mungo’s) and dream of curing their mother, whose grief has caused her to slip into a weird, watery coma. After Ani meets a boy with a literal Midas touch, Payton teams with a doctor who might be able to help their mum – but there’s a good chance it’s all a bit evil…