Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Rating: 4.5

What it's about:
In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life. -taken from Barnes&Noble.com

My thoughts:
Stardust is a lively and enjoyable fantasy adventure. Tristran travels to the Faerie land across the wall and meets all kinds of fantastical characters and gets into all kinds of dangerous situations, all for the love of a girl. He promises to find the star that they watched fall and bring it back to her. What he doesn't count on is that things in Faerie are not always what they seem, and the star that fell is in fact a beautiful girl, and she'll not be retrieved willingly. This book has witches, flying pirates, magical spells and lots and lots of excitement. Stardust is an enchanting book which was made into an awesome movie. I highly recommend both the book and the movie.