This was a fairy tale story that begins sort of like Harry Potter inverse. A girl grows up surrounded by magic and longs to see the rest of the world. What she finds there sets up a confrontation with the people around her as she struggles to get a foothold in adulthood.
I enjoyed the story – it was told a little slowly for my taste, but it had plenty of interesting locations and characters. At first they feel a little too cozy and warm, but slowly as the main character’s world expands we see more and more.
The structure of this book necessitates a great deal of back-filling of information (and plot?) and the stakes of the story arrive late. I thought it felt a little disjointed overall, but the way it was written was easy enough to enjoy.
I did have a problem with the ending – it sort of went on and on and didn’t finish as neatly or satisfyingly as I had hoped.
Next I am reading Misbelief by Dan Ariely.
