I loved the whimsical, fairy-tale, fable-ish prose. It has that Narnia thing going on, where really dark and difficult themes and ideas are packaged and made palatable to kids through the language (well, some kids- there are scenes in the book that I wouldn't have been comfortable hearing until I...
This is the story of two sisters, very different from each other, searching for their parents who have suddenly gone missing. It's a fairy tale retelling of sorts, the story of the swan queen (their mother) and the evil puppeteer who wants to make herself queen. It's beautifully written, intensel...