Deze auteur creëert boeiende young adult fictie, geïnspireerd door een diepe waardering voor koffie en boeken. Haar academische achtergrond, met een focus op vrouwenstudies uit de 18e eeuw, informeert een verfijnde maar toegankelijke schrijfstijl. Het schrijven zelf biedt een gekoesterde ontsnapping, waardoor rustige momenten mogelijk zijn te midden van het gezinsleven. Haar werk wordt gekenmerkt door een onderscheidende stem die resoneert bij hedendaagse lezers die op zoek zijn naar meeslepende verhalen.
Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail her final test to hide her talent from the Guild, which controls people's lives. However, when she makes a mistake, her gift is revealed, leaving her with just one hour to act.
Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys is called upon to harness her power in a battle for control of Earth, but as she uncovers the truth about her own history she learns that everyone holds secrets, some of which may drive her from her love, Jost, into his brother Erik's arms
Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested. Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her dad’s jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape. Because tonight, they’ll come for her.