An enjoyable read for a child interested in fantasy. A young American girl feeling out of place at her boarding school in Paris. Her mother left when she was a baby and as a tweener, she moves to Paris with her father and attends a boarding school. While chasing a thief at the Eiffel Tower, she falls into the Seine River and s transported to a fairy world. While there she must help beat a bad guy to bring light back to the land permenantly. A great introduction to fantasy and an enjoyable read. Even as an adult, I enjoyed reading it.
I recieved an ARC copy and all opinions are my own.

Thank you Netgalley for the eARC of this book.

I enjoyed this so much, it was such a fun read! This is a book full of fun characters, heartfelt relationships, and whimsy. This is definitely the kind of book that I would have absolutely loved as a child.

I've seen a few reviews that said that the story was rushed and the characters weren't very fleshed out, and while I do agree with this to a degree, that was something that I actually liked about the story. It was fast-paced and a fun adventure. As a middle-grade, I don't think this was meant to be an epic saga, I think it did exactly what it intended to.

Honestly, in my opinion, a story of fairies, and intrigue, and portals and new friendship all set with Paris as a backdrop, what else could you want? I will definitely be buying a physical copy of this!

I really enjoyed this and I am very excited to read the second book in this series and go on another adventure written by this author.

A light and easy read. The story goes directly to what the author wants to deliver, the straightforwardness wins me. Wonderful and magical world was described in beautiful way, nice world building.

Although the concept was nice, I felt like this book had a lot lacking. The story happened way too fast with very little detail and development. I felt like I was reading someone tell me about the story than actually reading the story. I think the writer could add way more detail and elaborate more in the chapters instead of finishing each one the same way and with the cliff hanger cliche. The chapters were short, and incredibly vague. I still barely knew anything about Katie by the third chapter. If I'm going to be emotionally invested in a character, or get my students emotionally investing in a character, I need to know her better before the third chapter. I would've preferred if the first chapter started with her at the boarding school, not on a tour and entering the fantasy world with in few pages. I would like to have learned more about her school, seen Katie's oddities, and maybe more of the aloneness and bullying on the excursion than just Norah. What took me out of the story the most was the narrator posing a lot of questions to the reader that I think the writer should simple answer and put that in as detail and internal thought of the character or commentary for the narrative. I like the ideas and the story is an interesting premise and a fun twist on magic, pickpockets, insects and the City of Lights.