Anticipation

had me hooked from page one . . . clever, funny, disturbing and dark . . . a highly skilled writer hitting her strides

Australian Woman's Weekly

When [novels] are written as well as this one is, with as much energy and style, the result is a rare treat . . . Tanya Moir weaves a story as rich, intricate and colourful as a tapestry. It is briskly told and is deeply, satisfyingly good . . . Moir is clearly a New Zealand writer to watch.

Joan Curry, Dominion Post Weekend

It is superbly written . . . This is a novel to savour and an author to watch.

Elizabeth Winter, Saturday Express

the accomplished Moir, recipient of this year's Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, takes the premise and through a sophisticated structure and wonderfully wry way with words, creates a narrative that pulls you in and binds you to the actions and outcomes of what proves to be a remarkable lineage . . . Moir is judicious: serious when warranted, frivolous when just one more bizarre/unfortunate genetic discovery may tip the whole thing into maudlin territory. Her talent with prose is far reaching; her ability to pluck a clever phrase from a seemingly inexhaustible well of fluid imagination quite stunning.

Michael Larsen, Weekend Herald

Such a beautifully evocative storyteller is this Southland-raised writer that although her second novel swings through a ripe and frankly disreputable family history, the changes of time and perspective as she draws our attention up and down the family tree are seldom disorientating. And if, for a moment, we might lose a sense of connectivity with the wider story, the vibrancy of each page still holds us until we recalibrate, which happens quickly enough. Moir is a reliable guide whose words fair crackle with interest . . . Here is a story told for the fun of it by a writer who, on the evidence so far, is a rising talent

Michael Fallow, Southland Times

beguiling

Paul Little, North & South

Phrases such as multi-layered when describing plots of novels usually leave me cold, but Tanya Moir's second-up is certainly that and almost hypnotically so . . .

Otago Daily Times

A wicked pleasure and no mistake.

Mike Fallow, Southland Times