A review by abigailrosalynn
A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine

3.0

It was charming, like all of her books, but I didn't connect to the main character like I've done in all the rest. The main character's personality was kind of unpredictable to me, and I didn't really get a grasp on her. The Count was a nice character, when he was a monkey. Which I totally understand that he feels like he can't be himself because of the whole ogre thing, but shouldn't he have gotten over it sometime with us? I semi-expected him to just turn into a monkey and stay that way for the rest of the book.
Other than that I loved Meenore and the "IT" used, though a singular "they/them" would have been nicer, to maybe slide in the idea of nonbinary genders to the audience? Meenore and Lodie made a cute pair and I enjoyed them a lot! It was a book that I enjoyed reading but probably won't pick up again.