OMG! I cannot even tell you how much I loved this book. It just hit that sweet spot with all the little things that make a book great to me. There was a crazy mother, an unknown father, boarding school, a mysterious death, and magic.
At first I was a little put off by reading the back cover and seeing that fairies were involved in the story. I am not a big fan of fairies, but it was done so well that the fairies were not even that big a part of the story. It's more like a faint tinge of fairies and magic.
I am a big believer in magic, but of the sort that is more mystical and realistic and twists in with fate and destiny vs. spells and potions.
The idea I got was that older, more used objects contain magic, which I agree with, while new things and places are devoid of magic. The older a thing is the more magical it can be.
There is a running theme of traveling while Mori goes back and forth to school, the library, her father's home and her aunt's home. She meets so many people and tries to figure out where she fits in without her twin sister.
Through out the whole book Mori devours books and keeps a running commentary on all the great and not so great ones. It's amazing to see a girl's love of reading intermingle with her life.
Loved it loved it loved. I will probably have to buy this one since I got it from the library.
READ THIS.
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