I bought this book for my Kindle because I thought my 13 year old daughter might be interested in it.  And, I like a little fantasy myself.  I have to say that I've never read a book quite like this.  If you've seen The Never Ending Story or Alice in Wonderland, this book is similar to those tales.  It was kind of weird, the day after I saw Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, I came to the part of this book where Alice appears.