Marika Cobbold: The Purveyor Of Enchantment

April 2016

A soppy romance novel, ridiculous and vapid – Cobbold’s attempt at a writing a modern fairy tale it would seem.

Clementine Hope, mid-thirties, an obsessive compulsive worrier, inherits a house, teaches piano, collects fairy tales and spends a lot of time eating chocolate cake at the local cafe. Falls in love with her neighbour at first sight, a literal breathless infatuation.

Wanted to throw the book in angry disgust at times.