The Mysterious Plasticity of Trees by Charlotte Noble
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Tess is a young woman spending her time between New York and college at Princeton. She's been brought up by her aunt and made to feel second best to her cousins, she's rather like Cinderella. We follow her story as she transcends from college life to the difficulties of becoming an independent adult.

This is not the kind of thing I read usually but once I dipped in got caught up in the story. I found it an effortless read and Tess reminded me of myself when I was young. The whole book is very 'American', I don't mean that in a bad way, just that there are references to things I have never heard of and I'm definitely confused and bewildered by the their college education system. I found the ending a little bit 'fairy tale', a touch too good to be true, I can't give away too much or I would explain more.

There is a twist in the tale, a secret is revealed which I wasn't expecting. I can see this book as a movie, in fact that's what I loved about it, as I read it I clearly 'saw' the characters, places come to life, in a cinematic way. 


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