I’m glad I don’t focus on including plot descriptions in my reviews, because I don’t have the first clue how to describe that book. I am so glad I pushed past the confusion of the vestibules, halls and chambers because this book was absolutely a favorite of this year so far.  To anyone wanting to understand the layout of the house - don’t even try. The most insightful thing for me was looking at images of Piranesi’s Labyrinth. The location is never important - what’s important is the feverish, random, confusing nature of the house, and how detailed Piranesi is in recording it. I love a creative, original book, and that is exactly what this is. It is fresh, exciting, action packed but also takes plenty of time to establish a solid & intricate world. As much as I wanted to see a map of the house, she did such a beautiful job with her setting that it came alive in my mind. The pacing was great, and I loved the ending.  It was satisfying, but still left enough unfinished to provoke thought. Piranesi’s relationship with the House was the most interesting relationship in the book. It caused me to ask the question; is Piranesi’s seemingly symbiotic relationship with the house a result of his madness (i.e. him finding order in something that is inherently orderless), or is there really an undercurrent of that ancient spirit of nature that lives in the house, and only someone removed enough from the real world could sense it?