Cynthia Hand is becoming a favorite author. I love her writing style and how her characters tend to be a bit sarcastic and flippant. The atmosphere stays nice and light despite the fact that there are some fairly serious topics tackled in the movement of the plot. The paralleling to A Christmas Carol as well as the references to the classic are really well done and had me smiling from start to finish. It's a great update of a great classic and was a very quick read that I didn't want to put down.