A delight. Full of wryly humorous middle-aged characters, who unite to overthrow an evil that has come to threaten their community. The novel has everything. Doughty maidservants! The apparent reincarnation of Captain Wentworth from Persuasion! Gallant geese! The main character is quite colorless and drab to begin with (not her fault, poor thing) but makes quite satisfactory process over the course of the story. I thought the ending was rushed and side explanation about magical “layers“ was a bit glib. All in all, though, a superb retailing of The Goose Girl.