I was very happy to win an advance copy of The Word Trove and it's a truly wonderful book. The hardback edition is small but beautiful, with a woven ribbon bookmark and some lovely line drawing illustrations. The story itself is really quirky and imaginative, all the characters are actual words and the reader follows the journey of one word in particular on a quest to find it's forgotten name and meaning. The writing is charming and very inventive, it has a magical fairy tale quality and cleverly incorporates references to other classic books and folklore. I can honestly say I have never read anything quite like this before and I was totally enchanted from start to finish. I think this book will be enjoyed by anyone with a love of books, words and language, it's a really original concept that has been brilliantly executed by the author.