Author: Aaron Starmer
Pages: 307
Version: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
I received this book as an advance reader's edition quite a while ago and I got around to reading it recently. From the beginning, I knew I would like this book just based on the cover. The cover is absolutely amazing, it has a fantastic art style and draws you in. So then you open the book. Alistair Cleary is a normal boy for the most part. He goes to school and does anything an average boy would do. Until Fiona Loomis comes along and tells him a crazy story that isn't all that it seems to be. She wants Alistair to document her story because he's a kid that can keep a secret. However, when strange things start happening all around Alistair, he needs to unravel this mysterious story of Fiona's life. I absolutely loved this whole story, it was like a fairy tale going on in parallel to the real world with the lines being blurred and things crossing over at times and just... there's so much going on. I do think that the story did drag a bit at parts though because a lot of time felt like it passed slowly with not much going on. However, somehow it sorta worked with this book, at least it did keep my interest the whole time. I really liked the way it was written, the style overall was enjoyable to read. The one thing that bothered me the most was definitely that the ending was a cliffhanger and the next book isn't out yet. That's always really frustrating, but it was especially annoying in this book. It felt to me like the whole book was building up to this big reveal where everything would make at least a little more sense and the reader would be like "Oh, of course!" That didn't really happen in my opinion though. The plot built up and built up and built up and then it was essentially like it suddenly cut off and said "What will happen? Find out in the next episode" Which bothered me. Otherwise, it was fantastic. If you like fairy tales, definitely give this one a go, but maybe wait until the next book comes out?
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