The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Last time I was at work with Kim, she was reading The Knife of Never Letting Go, and she was impressed. Today at work it had actually come out, and Kim told us that we should all read it. (It was a nice day at work, today. The bosses were away :p)

It was a bit awkward getting into it, stylistically, but when it had me hooked, it had me hooked. It's exciting. And interesting. There's plenty of stuff to think about, and like my favourite science fiction, it's got an idea at the seed of it that's intriguing. And we get to see various ways of it playing out - some more tragic than others.

I don't want to spoil anything, because the story keeps its secrets so well, and you want to be suprised. The only thing I wasn't so happy with was the ending - it's a quite shocking change, and I'm almost angry at it. It's an ending that says there's going to be a sequel (as opposed to simply being abrupt but natural). In fact, I think I would have preferred it to have ended half a chapter earlier, and not given me that unpleasant shake, whilst still being a satisfying ending.

So I'm a bit annoyed, but really, I enjoyed the book so much I'm not going to hold it against it, and I'm going to recommend it to everyone, and I'll sit here impatiently waiting the second.