Celie and her family are plagued once again by the evil Wizard Arkwright, and this time he's loose in the Castle, wreaking havoc and dodging the guards. With a whole posse of griffins tagging along, Celie sets out to save the Castle and her family, but the Castle has its own ideas about how they should do that.

Another fantastic book in this series! I love the magical Castle, and Celie's connection to her home. As always, I love the entire royal family and all their motley assortment of friends. Every character has such a rich personality and wonderful character arcs of growth and change. I especially love seeing how they all pull together to save the Castle.

I got slightly annoyed with Celie in this book for harping on the same frustrations over and over again. She feels under-appreciated and over-looked because she is the youngest, but I just felt like she was whining about it all the time, and being a little selfish. Overall, I adore her character, and there were only two or three paragraphs where she got on my nerves a little.

The plot line of this story is full of action and mystery, magic and mythical history! I love the twists and turns and surprises around every corner.
The writing really draws you in, and makes you cheer for the good guys!