I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this book. I had never read anything by this author before. It was a thrift store find and I bought it purely for the title and beautiful cover. Luckily, this was one of those occasions where the inside matched the outside. I really enjoyed this book.

I loved the quirky town and characters, and the little magical elements of this story. I liked the characters, and felt like the side characters were as interesting as the mains.

Much of the time I felt as though I was reading a book of tall tales...it almost gave me the same feeling as Big Fish (the movie; I haven't read the book.)


If I had to point out one negative it would be that I wanted more! I want to know more about this town and the characters and I wanted more of the two main plots. The book was only 265 pages and I would've been happy to read at least 100 more in this story.