The Ice Garden

I got this book through the Amazon Vine program to review. I was looking for a simple and magical middle grade read and this book fit that niche pretty well. I enjoyed it but didn’t love it. Some of the story was a bit too simplistic for me.

This is a fairly simple middle grade story about a girl with an allergy to sun who makes friends with a boy in a coma and finds a secret ice garden in a world connected to the playground near her house. The story has a very fairy tale type of feel to it.

The story deals a lot with friendship, over domineering parents, and finding one's own way in the face of disability. It was a cute story that was decently written. This was a nice quick and simple read with some magic in it. I enjoyed it but it's show more pretty straight-forward and easy to predict.

Overall this was a simple and magical middle grade read. I enjoyed it for what it was but wish it had been a bit more complex. This story is a very quick read, I think it took me a bit over an hour to finish it. Recommended to those who enjoy simple fairy tale like stories with some magical realism in them. show less