The Book of Lost Things

Interesting plot, although easy to unravel for anyone even slightly well read. Even if you do guess all of the book's secrets, it's a great read, with several short breaks for fairy tales betwixt the main story line. At the back of the book is a section devoted to the original tellings of the fairy tales that were used as inspiration as well as discussion of them. The book itself takes many characters and locations everyone knows from classic fairy tales and twists them for it's own devices. A nice, fun read!