I've just re-read "Dark Lord of Derkholm", immediately afgter re-reading "Thief of Time". Though Wynne Jones is using a Pratchetty sort of plot, a bit, there is something lacking in her style. It isn't bubblingly funny, but she never was, and it isn't without humour. Target audience is probably young adult, late childhood, though there are aspects that probably need adult background to get full benefit from.

By comparison with Pratchett, her syntax seems rather flat and prosaic. I was surprised.

Penny