Totally Batty — Jenny Sullivan

“Totally Batty” is the funny, exciting sequel to the Tir na n-Og Award-winning novel “Full Moon”. This novel continues the story of the Welsh family with an eccentric Aunt. Aunty Gwen's life is dedicated to helping supernatural beings by the use of her version of the 19th Century American South's Underground Railway, which assisted escaping black slaves with a series of safe houses. Aunty Gwen's version, however, is located in the Aunty Annex to the house that Nia lives in. There's already Mael, a werewolf, who has become part of the family, who attends school with Nia and is overcoming his dyslexia, not to mention his hairy episodes around the time of the full moon. This time, however, it's Nia who invites a supernatural being to stay for Christmas ~ one that's in no hurry to move on, and who isn't quite as pleasant to have around the house as Mael. All the characters from“Full Moon”characters appear again ~ Aunty Gwen, Nia and her rugby-mad boyfriend Ryan O'Brien; Steffan the annoying little brother, Ceri the telly star and her famous fiancé Pete, Mael the werewolf; Nia's long-suffering Dad and her Mam, who hasn't quite given up on her plan to be an actress despite being unable to act, and who has even worse plans up her sleeve. There's Christmas to celebrate and they're all planning a wedding, but in a family that's as mad as a box of frogs, nothing is ever simple. Especially when a supernatural being is busily trying to wreck everyone's plans ~ especially Nia's.