Thank you so much to Bonnier Books/ Piccadilly Press and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.
Four best friends live in a small run down town, as the new apothecary shop opens they each receive a trinket, the trinkets are magic transporting the girls in their dreams to an opposite world. Together they work to fix it, saving their own town in the process, but something darker and sinister lurks within it.
This was such a great read, I loved the friendship the girls had, each girl was so different but were very connected and, I really loved that together they found a newer purpose to their friendship. They knew they had to help fix everything and they worked each night together to do that.
I really loved their guardians, they were such unique and magical creatures. I loved how they became so close with them, how they could telepathically communicate and how they protected each other and trusted each other. It was really adorable and added to the magical elements of the story.
This story also had really lovely illustrations throughout that I really enjoyed looking at, showing the girls, the companions, and both the worlds they were in. The characters were very diverse, and the illustrations did show that perfectly.
A really wonderful new magical world, with so many things happening in one story and our protagonists there to save the day. I did feel whilst reading that it almost felt similar to Just Add Magic, with the friendship connection, the having to use their magic secretly to fix everything. I really liked that honestly and if you are a fan of that style of story I really recommend it, it’s one of the best of this kind I’ve read in a while.
I loved that there was lots of magic In the book. But at the part with the dark Queen I had to cuddle my teddy because it was a bit scary. But I still loved the book and the girls in it. (Aged 6)