A sweet light book. There was real potential for depth though, that never fully materialized. For example, her mother had, for most of her life, taken away her magic. If that isn't a powerful metaphor for abuse, I don't know what is. And yet, instead of there being fallout for it, the mom just goes "oh, ok now you're magical I guess" and that's the end of it. Similarly, the father's disappearance/abduction and reintroduction to the family could bring up deep and mixed emotions, paralleling experiences many children have had in their lives. Instead of addressing any of them, it's a simple happy reunion. Many other points like this are missed, and so the tale becomes a fluffy one, when it could have held real intensity.