Tuesdays at the Castle

Another of Jessica Day George's books is Tuesdays at the Castle, and it begins an entirely new series.

Our protagonist this time is Princess Celie - no connection to any of the princesses in the last books. Celie and her family (with the exception of her oldest brother who is off at wizard school) currently live in an enchanted castle who is really a character in and of itself. So, I'm going to capitalize the Castle now.

The kingdom, whose name I forget, is a very unique one, and that fact is mostly due to the Castle. The Castle chooses who the king's heir will be; the current king does not. As a result, the kingship does not always (sometimes, but not always) pass to a descendant of  the current king. It's a matter of pride to Celie's father that their family has inherited the kingship for several generations in a row, and the Castle has chosen Celie's second oldest brother as the heir to their father.

The Castle does more than make decisions. It actually grows or shrinks, depending on the visitors or lack thereof, or just when the Castle gets bored and feels like messing with everyone, which tends to happen on Tuesdays more than any other day.

Celie is the only one who has undertaken the impossible task of mapping the Castle. Therefore, she is the only one who can always find a room she's looking for. People are always asking her for directions to the kitchen or certain bedrooms or some other place that the servants need to find before they can do their jobs.

Wow, that's a lot of background and not much else. Maybe tomorrow I'll add in just a bit of plot and then my opinion.