![]() ![]() ![]() I think even as a child I would have been dissatisfied to learn that there’s essentially ONE magic word that controls all the magic in the castle. There’s so much room for this to be more fully explored and fleshed out, and it would have strengthened the novel. However, I do still wish the magical system were a little more sophisticated. Also, I don’t think these would have been sticking points for me if I had read the book as a child. ![]() (There’s a servant in the castle who only irons the princess’s clothes? And a wardrobe attendant who is also the princesses’s greatest confidante and political advisor? ) However, I was willing to ignore these oddities because they help streamline the plot and make the story fun. ![]() Parts of the novel didn’t entirely make sense to me on a practical level. It’s just the type of middle grade novel I enjoy, featuring an imaginative protagonist who’s always up for a challenge and some undercover exploration. If the Magic Fits is a charming, feel-good adventure that takes readers through a magical castle with a bevy of secrets. And Darling is about to have an adventure that calls for a disguise or two…or a hundred. She transforms into the castle’s Head Scrubber! It turns out that each dress can disguise her as someone else. When she tries on Dress Number Eleven, something unbelievable happens. Dresses like those need a good trying-on, and Darling Dimple is just the girl to do it. Inside an enchanted castle, there’s a closet-a closet with one hundred dresses that nobody ever wears. ![]()
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