Sabriel by Garth Nix
Written in an aesthically pleasing way. Seems like it was written by a woman despite the name "Garth". Not much injustice at all. Sabriel does have aces up the sleeve. In some ways very very nice, but I guess I don't feel very close to Sabriel and there isn't really any other characters... The cat? Eh. A bit too action packed as of 40%. Just constant running from one life/death scene to the next or, "Garth" switches to telling instead of showing. But, it's a sort of page turner...