Billed on the cover as the “long-awaited sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle”, which is a bit bizarre given the much earlier existence of Castle in the Air, this is the third book set in the world of Howl’s Moving Castle. Like the earlier two the writing is highly accessible to adults and children alike, I think. As with Castle, Howl and Sophie appear but are not the primary characters. They are more in evidence in this one that in Castle, though. This has a little bit of a darker tone than the earlier two (Castle is slightly lighter than Howl, but this is darker than both, I think) and features both a nasty supernatural being and its horrible offspring (more horrible in some ways because they just about appear human). The main magical gimmick this time is the epnymous house which appears to have only two rooms but if one turns immediately upon entering the doorway between the two rooms, one ends up elsewhere. In fact almost all of the doors operate this way. Combined with various magical appurtenances for breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, this makes life in the house interesting and potentially fattening. It has a wonderful library as well with a humorously twisted spell-book. Once more, highly recommended.