Evie has a secret and only some people know about it. She rejects telling anyone other than her close family what happened to her. She tries to distract herself by putting all her energy into carving a dragon from a bone which came from her ribs. As the dragon is finished, she makes a wish, meanwhile there are other problems which she should be worrying about that are closer to home.

I really enjoyed this book, it had all the elements a book needed. This book is also very mysterious, Evie's little secret wasn't revealed all in one go and there were little clues along my journey through the book. A main topic that kept popping up was innocence. How innocence is a concept that is always thought wrong, innocence is big and "its every aspect of life" – I think this theory of innocence is beautiful and very true.

The character Evie herself I found I could really relate to because everyone has secrets and sometimes you need to tell someone but you don't know how to, and this idea of Evie trying to fix things then again avoid things is what many people I think can relate to. My favourite character, however, is the dragon; this is because he speaks in riddles and he is really mysterious.

I would recommend this book to those who enjoy a light read but also a book that has some thoughts about life. For people who like dragons? This is for you.

I rate this book ★★★★

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