A super quick read. I enjoyed the story that Hannah Peck crafted here about memories and relationships across history. I liked the characters quite a bit.

This is a gorgeous story, and beautifully written. The prose captures the feeling of Seventeenth-century life, but is easily readable. I loved the scientific-minded heroine and her reaction when thrown into a magical adventure. It's warm, thoughtful, and touching.

My middle grade grandchildren read this with an older cousin. They had previously read the Scarlet and Ivy books and really enjoyed them. The thought that this was a good book but thought that Ef "creeped them out at the beginning", but grew on them. They were not sure that they liked the time setting of the book but that is just personal preference. Overall they would like more books in this series featuring the same characters.