SuitabookSombre secret
Ruth Ames
- Reading
- Read together or check in afterwards about how Emma-Rose’s sense of being different lands. You could also pause at the vampire question and compare your guesses as the family secret unfolds.
- Themes
- Feeling different and identity: Emma-Rose feels unlike her parents and recognises similarities with Great Aunt Margo; she wonders whether she could be a vampire. The premise makes difference and identity central, but does not establish whether Emma-Rose’s traits are affirmed, criticised or resolved.
- Family secrets: Great Aunt Margo shares a family secret with Emma-Rose, prompting a sudden realisation. Secrecy is part of the plot, but whether the revelation is helpful, troubling or both is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Vampire-associated traits include sharp incisors, a dislike of garlic and a taste for rare burgers. How frightening or comic these details feel in the telling is unclear.