Reviews for this one have been SO mixed, even among friends who have similar taste to mine and also loved Morgenstern’s debut, The Night Circus. Ultimately I made Matthew decide and he predicted I would like it, and was vindicated once again. A few chapters after finally cracking in, I turned to him and said oh yes, this is absolutely a me book. And then I was swept into the story and didn’t surface for air until I stuffed the whole thing into my brain in one weekend.⁣⁣⁣
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I totally get why this book isn’t for everyone, but I loved the entire cozy magic aesthetic, the intrepid characters, the way the interlocking plots of all the fragmented stories twisted in on each other. Some parts of the ending leave something to be desired and a few questions left unsatisfyingly unanswered, but honestly I think I was too all in at that point to care. Reading this book was an enchanting experience.