A touching little novel that balances light and dark well and packs a lot of ideas, even if it doesn't flesh them out too well all of the time. I was excited by the inclusion of Blake at first but a little tired of it by the end. It nearly reached the quality of The Graveyard Book or His Dark Materials but something held it back, maybe it was trying too hard to impress, or maybe it lacked the length to explore its ideas fully. That said, it was quick, entertaining, thoughtful, moving, and well worth a read.