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Scott Westerfeld is one of my absolute favorite authors of all time. The "Uglies" series is one of my favorite series ever (and honestly is due for a reread), so when this book came out I knew I had to grab it. This book is actually two books in one. We meet Darcy, who is very young and has just sold her first novel and is moving to the big city to work on her second and her edits. We also get her novel, in alternating chapters about her life.

I was really amazed by the way Westerfeld was able to write two distinctly different styles. I really enjoyed the chapters that were written in his "regular" style and didn't really enjoy the novel within the novel, which is why this is four stars. It was amazing to see a kind of raw style that seemed unfinished and young from him, however, and it was done extremely well. I enjoyed watching Darcy find herself, and discover her sexuality and how being an author isn't as easy as it may appear to be. Overall, I would recommend this book because I will always recommend Scott, but I would also make sure people know that there are two distinct writing styles here.