A magical story that was a fun quick read. I have always wanted a dollhouse (don't call it a dollhouse). ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

SPOILERS. ALERT DONT READ THIS If you haven’t read the book.
I nominated the MMofMm for library reads because I loved the plot but the more I think about this book the more comments and questions I have. A wonderful premise, I love books about magical happenings with houses, but I felt this book only skimmed the surface of the plot. I have too many unanswered questions. We’re never told why someone has to watch the house and be its keeper, what’s the importance of this? Willa insinuates she’s lived many lifetimes, can change her appearance at will, so I was surprised she could die. But towards the end we hear from her again like she’s around making things happen. If she could do that why not be straight forward with Myra so she understands what’s going on and isn’t having to figure out all the tough things on her own. Sometimes as I was reading I felt like I stepped into the middle of the book. and missed much of what was going on. So confusing at times. There wasn’t a clear reason why the house did not like Rutherford from the beginning or a plausible reason why he hated his mom from birth. This could have been a great book but too many dangling parts bring it down for me to just okay, but it could have been so much more.

House books, done well, are one of my favorite sub-sub-genres, and Audrey Burges does them very, very, very well. Ever since I saw the premise of THE MINUSCULE MANSION OF MYRA MALONE, I've been very interested in reading, and when Audrey hooked me up with this ARC I was excited to dive in. But then the book grabbed me and it pulled me in and before I knew it I'd finished in less than 24 hours. I was just fully, fully absorbed in this fascinating world. The closest I think I can come to describing the vibes is like Alix E. Harrow thrown in a blender with... Kerry Winfrey maybe? There's magic, there's angst, there's a multi-generational family saga, but there's also a wholesome coziness and a wonderful love story that makes it all feel like it's a... well... refuge. Everything the mansion represents is how this book feels and it's so beautiful and left me feeling all sorts of things and oh my god please just read this because it's incredible. Now I'm off to go scream about it to anyone who will listen.