ite of the snow, almost colorless, and I could see right through her, to the wall of the back lane.” I could relate to some of Emer’s feelings, like being annoyed by her sister. I also like the setting of this book. I thought it was very appropriate for the story of the book, and it enhanced the mysterious feel of the book. One weakness in the book was that it was a bit short, and it went too quickly. The author seemed to jump to the climax too quickly which reduced the possibility of extra excitement. Also, the author didn’t introduce the characters well enough. Sometimes she put characters in the book that had no effect on the story. I also didn’t think it was necessary for Breige to get hurt in the book, because it seemed like the author was only putting it in there to fill up space in the book. Breige getting hurt had no effect on the plot at all, so it was pointless. I suppose that it did add a bit of excitement to the resolution, however.One thing that I did like in the book was the fact that the ghost was a young girl, because it made more sense that Emer would want to help a young girl. If the ghost had been scary looking, I wouldn’t have understood why Emer would want to help it. Another thing that I liked was that they made Breige’s personality change from being an annoying, stuck- up sister to being caring, and helpful. It made Breige seem like she was nicer than how she was first described in the book. Another thing that was nice about the book was the school. The school had a lot to do with the plot; the only reason Emer was looking for the chalice was because the Bishop was coming to their school and the nuns wanted to have it by the time that he arrived. It was nice that Emer found the chalice instead of the archaeologists, because it added a small twist to the story. The twist is that professionals were looking for the chalice and they couldn’t find it, but Emer thought...
