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Of course, the female councilwoman gets a heart-shaped chair, cushioned and adorned with pink jewels…..
I can’t believe this is a book from 2012, not the 1980s.

If I come across one (!) more female character described as beautiful and fragile, I might actually DNF this book….
Reading this, one might think it was a book from the early 2000s. All women are shown exclusively as pretty and weak and more quiet/docile than their peers….

Why is there a rule that all women have to wear dresses in the magical world? And why is the woman in the 3-person councl blond and frail, blushes easily and says little??

I probably shouldn't be judging already, (especially since it's a middle grade book) but this text gives me a cliché ick...
Acually, precisely becuase it's a middle grade book, it should do better - and I hope it still will.