I was grasped by the language immediately, then the story seemed to stall until Harry made a larger presence. But then the middle sort of dragged on as well. The plot was great, as was the writing. I enjoyed the characters, but with the dragging on that occurred for me, I cannot give this a full 5 stars. I’m not sure what the disconnect was, because I loved so much of this book and it’s beautiful ode to stories and fairytales, but I just didn’t love it like everyone else seemed to.