Castle in the Clouds is definitely slow paced and yet i kept picking it back up ; the atmosphere was like when there's one rare sunny day in a snowy winter and everyone is happy and outside and the sun is hitting the snow perfectly and the children are laughing and you're bundled in warm clothes, just peaceful. i loved the writing style, i felt like i was literally there, standing beside sophie. i had heard this this is cute and very charming but nobody warned me, it was this funny. the wit is 🤌🏻. i found sophie to be really naive but she's also 16 so it's probably her characterization. Don't go in expecting this to be your usual mystery, it's the coziest mystery I've read till date. i saw the twist coming from miles away so there's nothing shocking about this book but the quite charm this holds is almost magical.