A review by ellaellaellaetc
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

4.5

cute! this is about floralinda who has been taken by a witch in a 40 storey tower that has a new creature you have to defeat on each level. however, the witch puts her hardest beast to defeat on the first floor so all the princes that go to save her just get killed by a dragon before they can get anywhere and slowly, people stop coming to save her. a very antagonistic garden fairy flies through her window and (against the fairies will) together, they try to free floralinda by going down each flight and fighting the beasts themselves! the audiobook for this was like 3 hours and it was such a delight! it was a really fun spin on fairytales and I loved floralinda and the fairy's dynamic! the book is also told by a narrator whose tone I really loved; I highly recommend this as a palette cleanser book if you're looking for something short and fun :) 4.5 stars