She’s a good heroine who I think younger readers will very much identify with and enjoy.

Lilah is quite proper, Rolf is striving to live up to his role, and Celie is creative and daring and determined to fight back.

The characters are likable and well-defined, if not terribly complex. This is a cute book aimed at a fairly young audience. Fortunately, Celie and her siblings have the castle on their side… Celie, her sister Lilah, and her brother (and crown prince) Rolf have to band together when conspiracies between the royal council and a foreign prince threaten their kingdom. The plot gets into motion when Celie’s parents and older brother are ambushed on a journey and disappear, presumed dead. The feeling is mutual Celie’s greatest goal is to create an atlas of the castle (which strikes me as quite impossible, but good for her for trying). We wander the castle with Celie, the youngest princess and the castle’s favorite. The castle has to approve of each king and heir, and changes their rooms to reflect its feelings. People the castle likes gets lovely rooms, while people the castle hates find their rooms getting increasingly smaller and more unpleasant. The castle also arranges and furnishes the rooms of its inhabitants to make some none-too-subtle points. So rooms shift around, new towers appear, and you never quite know where you’re going. And it has a habit of changing itself when it’s bored, or wants to make a point. The castle doesn’t talk and it rarely takes immediate actions like slamming doors, but it has a clear presence. The castle of the title would be a very confusing place to live, but it’s great fun to read about. This delightful book from a fan- and bookseller-favorite kicks off a brand-new series sure to become a modern classic.What if a castle was alive? That idea is the big draw for me in Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and their fate is unknown, it's up to Celie, with her secret knowledge of the castle's never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie, that is-takes the time to map out the new additions. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing.

Publisher Marketing: Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days.

Tuesdays at the castle series book 6