It's a story about family too, and the depiction of Olia's family is really nicely done.
And as with all the best fairy tales, things are never quite what they first seem. The fairy tale creatures she meets are fascinating too, drawn from a Russian folklore that I'm really not familiar with, to give the whole thing a sense of being different and intriguing. There's such an overwhelming sense of peril, that kept me absolutely gripped. A land where everything is starting to fall apart, where she needs to find allies and find her way and find a solution before everything unravels completely.
Unlike Sophie's first two novels, this one is a "portal" story, where Olia, who already lives in a wondrous and probably magical castle, travels through a portal with a household spirit into a land of pure magic. It is a superb story about magic, family, bravery and home, and I absolutely adored it.
With The Castle of Tangled Magic, Sophie Anderson has woven Russian folklore together with modern fantasy and a lovely family and created something special and unique.
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