Well this is not my favorite Tchaikovsky book I have read. I actually found myself spending more time being confused then enjoying the overall story.

The idea is interesting, I think the overall execution was not the greatest. I actually really loved the idea of a magical place that inspired a middle grade book series being real. (Narnia if it was real basically) The only difference is the magical place is actually dying and decaying. All the moments that involved the magical place of Underhill where the most interesting but it unfortunately didn't save the story for me, especially when I got towards the end. The end got to this point where a lot of what was being discussed just wasn't making any sense in my head. To be honest I'm not really sure I fully understand what exactly happened at the end and how it was figured out.

I didn't care for Harry at all, there was just something about him that left him being completely unlikable through the whole story, and if that was goal then hey it was achieved. If I felt anything for any character it was Timon the faun, but it's' nothing lasting.

There was also a fair amount of words I had to look up the definitions too because I have never in my life come across them before, so that ruined the reading experience a lot for me. Granted I was on my kindle and was able to look up each word as I came across them but that just ruins the immersion when reading. It's fine if its once or twice but towards the end it just felt like it was constantly happening. I don't like to think myself a stupid person but the end definitely made me feel stupid because I just couldn't grasp what was being told, so that really ruined this for me.

I also could have done without the references to our own real world, it just felt cringy and I hated it.

For this is not one of his better works, but hey they can't all be winners.

Thank you netgalley for providing me with an ARC.