Ms Watson said the power outage was a "novelty" at the beginning, but that she is concerned the cold temperature will negatively impact her son's health.

"My concern is more that this is about creating novelty for novelty's sake."

A sequel to a massive hit like “M3GAN” always gleams with the color of money, but rarely can sequels to unexpected audience smashes replicate the first movie’s novelty.

The Imperial Valley is not living through a left-versus-right war, a storyline far too easy and convenient for pundits to resist as they lazily view our region as a political novelty.

Dr Jack Brown, lecturer at King's College London described the books as "wonderful... historical novelties".