I guess I was between a 3 and a 4 for this really, in the end I plumped for the 3 because the story was a little predictable.

An enjoyable little story where magic is real but hidden. Starts off in america but is mostly set in a fictional village on an island in wales called "Cairnholm". There's a little, [b:Tom's Midnight Garden|543086|Tom's Midnight Garden|Philippa Pearce|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348198004s/543086.jpg|530403] style, time travel, but it's not what I like to think of as time tourist like [b:Just One Damned Thing After Another|29661618|Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)|Jodi Taylor|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1459230212s/29661618.jpg|25626746].

The characters were rich and interesting. The scene setting was good but Chekhov kept leaving his gun everywhere. Starts promising to deal with tricky emotional things, but then sort of vears off and never challenges them, bit of a missed opportunity there really.

I would say I enjoyed this, and at some point in the future I may pick up the sequel, but I'm not that bothered about it this second.