tracythewriter 's review for:

Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
4.0

Reread as a comfort book. This is such a strange one -- I love it but also think it would be difficult to publish these days. The world building is so dense, and the climax is difficult to follow, with a lot of magical solutions that aren't really rooted in what we know of the magical rules, so they feel a little too convenient. Having said that, I still love it, and still find myself sucked in every time I read it.