**What is it about?**
Ariel Manto, the main character in this book, discovers a copy of the extremely rare book (called "The End of Mr Y") in a second hand bookstore. She can't believe her luck and begins to read, that is until she realises there is a page missing. She goes on a hunt for this missing page to find a secret recipe allowing her to enter a different realm and begin to time travel.

**Is it any good?**
I really liked this book. I thought that the storyline was completely original, I have certainly never read anything like this before and I really enjoyed it. I didn't want it to end, however when it did end I didn't enjoy it. In that I just didn't like the ending, I think Scarlett Thomas was trying to be clever and initially I thought "Ah I see what she's done there" but after thinking it over I'm not sure how I feel about it.
Apart from the slightly iffy ending (which I'll leave you pondering over) I did really enjoy it. You really get to know the main character and truely experience her life. Numerous times throughout the book it made me wish so much I was a time traveler and was almost tempted to try the mysterious recipe but alas I managed to keep myself in the real world!

**What about her other books?**
Scarlett Thomas had written a few other books; PopCo which is really good also, Bright Young Things which again is another good read and Going Out which I am yet to read.
She is a very talented author and managed to keep my attention throughout the book which I feel is the most important thing in a book.

I would definitely recommend this book. It is a bit different, a little bit fantasy but it also keeps itself grounded so as not to be completely unrealistic.