I had osmosed enough about the book to know that M Paul was a fictionalisation of Brontë's real-life unrequited crush, but if I hadn't known that (or had the experience of her other love interests) I'm not sure I would have seen the pairing coming either!

What did you think happened at the end? Hmm, now I'm thinking about audiobook possibilities... it strikes me that an audiobook reader's choices about how to perform that section—and a lot of Lucy's narration, actually—could have a pretty big influence on how it comes across (and a good one who really got Lucy could make something very interesting of it; perhaps I should try an audiobook version?).