SuitabookMidnight’s Twins
Holly Race
- Reading
- Check in after scenes involving nightmares, injury or bullying, and invite the reader to pause if the imagery feels intense. Before starting, explain that the story is the first of a trilogy and may not resolve every thread.
- Themes
- Sibling resentment and changing understanding: Fern begins with intense resentment towards Ollie, while their experiences in Annwn lead them to examine themselves and their relationship. The book does not clearly resolve its stance on this.
- Power over dreams and thoughts: Annwn feeds the waking world through dreams, but the premise also allows dreams to kill and influence or control thoughts. The story presents dream power as both sustaining and dangerous; whether it ultimately condemns, limits or normalises thought control is not established.
- Bullying, isolation and harm: Fern is bullied at school and carries scars from an attack involving Ollie’s gang, contributing to her isolation and anger. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The ending also leads into further books.