I enjoyed this so much I devoured it in a single sitting! I blame the prose. It's so smooth and easy to read that the whole thing just slips gently down... why can't more books have this lovely finish?! I liked that it's a very gentle story too, with an estranged sister coming back to her siblings, and to the woman who was once her best friend, and healing her relationships with them. Magic helps her to do it, but it's mostly the willingness to try that's the key here.

There's also a magpie called Rufus. He's awesome, and I've never said that about a magpie before.