Fire and Hemlock!! Aka the one with like a gazillion recommendations for other books 😂
#diana wynne jones#fire and hemlock#character design#polly whittacker#thomas lynn#edward davies#ann abraham#samuel rensky#the dumas quartet my beloved#i'd like to think none of them is a tom-apologist#they make fun of his situation constantly whenever polly’s not around#sure they're like 'oh we get it/understand why this is necessary'#because nothing’s more powerful than an adolescent girl’s hyperfixations#but still tom --- yikes#and he's like “I KNOW!!!!!” cradles head in hands despairingly