I bought this book after reading the back, and started a tradition of buying a book on random, due to this book's discovery. It's a beautifully written tale about a family of sisters who must find a way to deal with the adversity that threatens to tear their lives apart. It starts when their father is sick, and needs to leave their home, the castle of Piscul Dracului, to receive medical attention. Jena, the second oldest in the family must take on the responsibility to balance two worlds, but she isn't alone. Her best friend and adviser Gogu, a frog she found when she was young, has always been there for her, and only she can hear his voice. The family harbors a secret of their own. Every full moon, the five sisters and Gogu go to the Bright Between and dance with the other kingdom, made of magic, fairies, dwarves, elves and many other magical beings. Once Tatiana, the oldest sister falls in love with one of the night people, Jena must become the caretaker for her family, and guard them against her former friend Cezar's obsession with power.
I read this book once a year, after I discovered it in middle school. It's many fairy tales woven into one, and it has it's own story that takes place in the mysterious land of Transylvania. If I were to write a fairytale, I would want it to balance and have an amazing narrator like this story does. I recommend this book to anyone who loves fairy tales, magic, adventure and the coming of age story. Beautifully done.
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