These are my kind of books! Blending magic and reality together...interweaving them is especially hard to do. But, this author and the blurb that I've read pushed my buttons and got me needing this book like yesterday!! I love reading books that encapture you into a new world and keep you there until the story is finished. This story is one that just might do it for me! I'm going to buy this book regardless, so all my friends and family (and book club members) can read it as well! This is one amazing sounding book and I want to get lost inside it now. It's going to be a hard wait, but wait I must and some books are just well worth the wait and this is one of them! The cover is stunning as well!