Not quite perfect: but VERY good

I should start by saying that I am judging this by the exceptionally high standard of Uprooted, which is the best book I have read for years. This is good, but not quite as good as that.

The narrative is told from the point of view of several different people, though in the ‘third person’. In a few cases I found that this drags a little.


However, there are large chunks that are utterly riveting, and beautifully written. Once again, I was transported to a world that is at once both very normal and utterly magical at the same time.