I received a copy of this book for Booktube Tours in exchange for an honest review.

Elsa is seven years old and is pretty different to other children. Her granny is her best friend and superhero and between the two of them they’ve created a magic world complete with six different kingdoms. When Elsa’s granny dies, she has to deal with grief for the first time and is also sent on a treasure hunt organised by her granny. Slowly, Elsa begins to find out the stories of each of the people living in her apartment building and begins to develop more friendships while she personally delivers her granny’s sorry to them.

“Every seven-year-old deserves a superhero. That’s just how it is. Anyone who doesn’t agree need their head examined.”

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!! It had everything I wanted from it, a crazy granny who was laugh out loud funny, a brilliantly clever and observant little girl, kooky neighbours with hidden hearts of gold, Harry Potter references, a wurs and a magical faraway kingdom.

Elsa was a brilliant main character and I really loved her narration. I’ve seen some observations from people about her mature voice and mind and while I agree she seems a bit too grown up for her age at times, it didn’t surprise me because everyone talks to Elsa and around Elsa like an adult. She has mature conversations with people and she just cops on to things and the people around her and how she can act. She has her childish moments at times, which are needed, such as some of her crying fits and hiding in the wardrobe.

You have all these books and not a single Harry Potter? And they let you fix people whose heads are broken?

The mix-match of characters was brilliant and I really loved finding out more about everyone. They all lived in each other’s pockets and loved and hated each other in equal measure (even Britt-Marie) but really they were one giant family which was excellent. This book manages to tackle a whole load of things in a really lovely way from grief, PTSD, war, war refugees, alcoholism, domestic abuse, you name it. it has so much about life, and learning to live and learning to relive after a tragic loss. It made me laugh and cry all at the same time from both happiness and sadness and it was such a pleasure to read.