A book written my teenage self but one I still loved. It is a retelling of Grimm's <i>The Six Swans</i> with an Asian bent. As you gathered from the title, we have cranes instead of swans and while the main arch of story is as per the fairy tale, there were quite a few twists which made this a story of its own and I just loved having my imagination run wild with kimono-style dresses and all.

Shiori is immediately likeable even if you find her very immature to start with but she grew so much throughout the book. She is the very heart of the book. The ending made me cry - it was heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time. I just couldn't put this book down.