This is the Mask: A Book Blog

Thank you NetGalley and Head of Zeus Publishing for the review copy of Sally Coulthard’s “The Secret World of Twilight.”

I have always loved twilight, that in-between time of after dusk and before night. The world seems a different place then, quieter, magical. I did not know that the early morning hours just after night before dawn breaks is also known as twilight. I always associated “twilight” with evening. I also didn’t know that some animals and plants are only active during these brief liminal times, and that as soon as dawn comes or night falls, they close themselves away to wait for their magical time again.
Sally Coulthard brings a wealth of knowledge to readers in “The Secret World of Twilight,” told in prose that reads like poetry. We walk shadowed paths listening to twilight birdsong, catching glimpses of shy, quick creatures and watching the sky change from dark to light, stars fading, or we watch stars bloom as the light fades and the sky darkens from blue to lavender to black.
This is a beautiful book chronicling a beautiful time, a time few people pause to experience.