Queen High is the sequel to the fab Widowland story, and it does not disappoint. A dystopian alternative historic story, Britain sued for peace with Germany in 1940, and is now ruled by Nazi Germany. The lives of British women are ordained by a caste system based on their looks, and designed to keep them in their place. Picking up 2 years after Widowland ended, Rose is still working at rewriting literature works and life has moved on from the 'event'. However, she has not forgotten........in spite of attending regular memory washing sessions. An intriguing and exciting story of what might have been. This book is a scary picture of what Britain could have become. A great story keeps you reading late into the night.

This is a compulsively readable sequel to Carey's Widowland. I enjoyed it hugely. Carey builds on the dystopic alt-history she created in her previous book (think Orwell-meets-Harris) and leaves you wanting more.

In all honesty, I don't think it's quite as good as Widowland, which set up such a good premise; there's had to be some narrative contortions to explain why the protagonist is, frankly, still alive. And there starts to be a perhaps disconcerting amount of overlap between this and a series Carey has written under another name. Having said that, I was absolutely gripped. And am awaiting the next one avidly.