What an odd story. I wasn't sure exactly what I was expecting when I first started reading this, but what I found sure wasn't it. The story is deceptively simple, but extremely haunting at the same time. I normally wish short stories are longer, more fleshed out, but this one seemed just right. The pace and episodic nature reflected Maggie's dreams. I liked it. ( )

Eh. It's a cute story, but a little trite. Well-written, and decent characterization, but the "my real daddy is a prince" idea is a little flat, and the convenient crippling of the main character (which happens off-screen - two chapters of her as a child, and then she's coming home from the hospital after several (months? years?) of being in a wheelchair. All the character development and conflict with her parents is mentioned after the fact...) is weak. I've never been wheelchair-bound, nor closely known anyone who was, but a lot of her reactions seem off to me - or perhaps, they make sense to me (they're what I would do), which seems off for someone who's permanently wheelchair-bound. The only point I can see for the wheelchair is the convenient explanation to her parents that she can walk there (in the magic city), so that's her excuse for going. And I'm surprised at an artist noting the existence of paintings but paying no attention to them thereafter (though admittedly there's a lot more going on in the room). I was also surprised at how short it was - 67 pages. Not bad, but not a favorite. ( )

Honestly I didn't care about the main character, Margaret, she just rubbed me up the wrong way.

Margaret has always know that there is a city that she loves, a place she was born in, but her parents tell her that she has never been there, but she can draw places in the city accurately and when she goes there in her sleep she feels at home there.

When an accident in the otherworld results in consequences in the real world she has to ask if the city is real.

Not me. Didn't like any of the characters and really didn't care what happened to people at the end. ( )

I think I expected a lot more from this book and was a little disappointed by the scope of things that happened. It had a really interesting description but fell flat. I had a hard time getting into it and it took quite a few tries to finish. ( )

After giving this several dedicated tries, I find myself unable to get through more than the first few pages. I'm sure it's a great book for the intended readers, but I'm just not one of them.

I received this book for free through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.