This fairy tale of a story was adorable. It had a rather evil winter magician with a frozen heart named Larmanilla, a human named Romeade fulfilling his dying mother’s wish to travel to the winter magicians castle, tiny fox butlers and servants, a savagely giant guard dog, and a magical golden apple tree. When Romeade came to the castle he became the chef and spent the next 5 years working for the temperamental Larmanilla. His trustworthy heart and warm meals gradually endeared him to the magician, and the story followed their budding romance through some unexpected twists and turns. The story was slow paced yet actually packed a lot in at the same time. There were morals along the way (like any good fairy tale) such as the high cost of greed and spots of dark humour and ruthless actions that added some texture to the fluffiness of the story. It was definitely a story I enjoyed.
The Magic Soup