After voraciously cramming as many books as possibly into my 'read' list over the last month or so, I was blown completely out of the water with this one. This has to be, by far, one of my new favourite books of the year. It literally has everything I want inside its lovely, bewitching, deckle-edged pages. Everything about it screamed 'fairy tale' to some extent, and I was completely won over. I wasn't expecting to love this book so much, but I did, and I'm so so so glad I finally read it. 
 I tried to explain it to my parents (multiple times) whenever they would interrupt my reading, and I would end up shouting to the effect of, "THERE IS MAGIC AND WIZARDS AND WITCHES AND LOVE AND OH BOY THERE'S SO MUCH MAGIC. IT'S WHIMSICLE AND PERFECT.". There were times where, upon saying I would finish the chapter and get up and be a productive member of society, only to realize that I had unknowingly plowed through an additional four chapters. This was an insane ride. Upon finishing this book, I was definitely a hot mess express, left to deal with my tangled emotions. 
 This book felt so original. The world building was utterly fantastic, the magic, the villain, the characters. Ugh. None of it felt too farfetched. Everything was insanely perfect. The writing was elegant, enchanting, and enrapturing. I had to force myself to put it down, heck, I had to force myself to only read bits of it each day. It was marvelous enough for me to force myself to drag the process out - I did NOT want this book to end. 
 Agnieszka and the Dragon have the most beautiful chemistry and conflict. Agnieszka is a heroine that you can realistically relate to, and an absolutely engrossing protagonist. If I were to be in a book, she is exactly the type of character I would be. I'm only touching briefly on this, for fear that if I continue to praise the characters, I'll never finish this review. 
 The best part about this adventures was that there was not a single moment in my mind where I thought that this was your typical fantasy novel, with love triangles, a not fully fleshed out plot, and your typical run of the mill villain. 
 No. This was insanely perfect. The right amount of everything that I love was in this book. I can't recommend this book enough. It's charming, thoughtful, funny, emotional, dark, brilliant, thrilling, and, of course, magical. Please, if you love fantasy, READ THIS BOOK. At least give it a shot.