Each time I read this book it’s like visiting an old friend. I got given the trilogy when I was seven and they have remained in my top five books ever since. Even reading them as I’ve got older they’ve not lost that certain spark to them which few books have. Growing up I always wanted to be best friends with Anne but felt more akin to Emily, probably as she is more introverted and I connected with her a bit more. While she’s a slightly darker character it makes her more real. I think what makes these books as brilliant as they are is that Emily is a character who is completely comfortable in her own skin and happy in her own thoughts and distant imagined worlds, which is refreshing. As she said herself, ““I wouldn’t want to be anyone but myself even if I am plain”.