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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2019s world expands we see more and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did have a problem with the ending – it sort of went on and on and didn\u2019t finish as neatly or satisfyingly as I had hoped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading Misbelief by Dan Ariely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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