Quirky and charming, this is a fitting sequel to Howl's Moving Castle (ie much better than Castle in the Air!).
Charmain Baker is an occasionally annoyingly self-centred heroine, but there is enough going on in the rest of the plot to overlook this. She certainly has plenty to do coping with Wizard Norland's amazing house which exists in several dimensions at once, finding the missing Royal treasure, a kobold rebellion and an enraged lubbock, all of which she does somewhat haphazardly but in true Diana Wynne Jones style.
Although the book is mostly about Charmain, Howl, Sophie and Calcifer are here too, and they are present enough for the book to be satisfying as a sequel.
Charmain Baker is an occasionally annoyingly self-centred heroine, but there is enough going on in the rest of the plot to overlook this. She certainly has plenty to do coping with Wizard Norland's amazing house which exists in several dimensions at once, finding the missing Royal treasure, a kobold rebellion and an enraged lubbock, all of which she does somewhat haphazardly but in true Diana Wynne Jones style.
Although the book is mostly about Charmain, Howl, Sophie and Calcifer are here too, and they are present enough for the book to be satisfying as a sequel.
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