The book was Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and it was absolutely essential ... but it infuses the mysterious and the mundane. Sophie Hatter doesn't mean to stumble into a magical quest ...

Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle changed many elements like the most Creepiest character from Diana Wynne Jones’ ...

But as the wide-eyed damsel in distress crosses paths with handsome Howl, a talented young magician with excess emotional baggage, a fit of jealousy turns the hat maker's world upside down forever.