Zillah by Penelope Todd

Not a bad read this but I think you need to have read the two previous titles in this Watermark trilogy to fully understand the character development particularly of Zillah and Joseph. Like the two previous books Watermark and Dark, this is also a psychological drama, with the tension lasting to the last page of the book.

Zillah has returned from a trip to Spain, where an incident happened that she needs to resolve. Joseph had a mental breakdown in the previous book and still has some healing to do particularly as regards his relationship with Zillah. Both main characters meet in the West Coast setting of the previous books, with drama being created by other interesting characters who have there own reasons to be in this isolated world.

Penelope Todd uses the flashback technique to bring Zillah's Spanish ordeal out and it basically works well. Through the story both Zillah and Joseph move from adolescence into the adult world and the Watermark Series comes to a satisfactory conclusion. Aimed at Senior Secondary level.

Published by Longacre

Reviewed by Bob