Uprooted

Wow! I didn't expect much going into this book, so maybe that is why I enjoyed it so much, but I thought it was a really, really good book. It avoided a lot of the things I have come to dislike about YA (moody love-sick heroine's/love triangle/falling in love one chapter into the book). I liked the main character - she's fiesty when she needs to be, but also shows vulnerability at times, which made her seem much more human. I liked the world and the antagonist, it was just the right amount of creepy to keep me intrigued and the magic was unique and and a very wonderful intricate part of the plot without only being about it and not the people involved. The romance was just right - it wasn't the main focus of the story, and I liked that about it.
As a huge Howl's Moving Castle fan, I found this to be something I would recommend to someone looking for something similar, although not the same as that story. It gave me the same kind of feeling as that.
Highly recommend this one!