The Other Hand by Chris Cleave

Once in a blue moon a book comes along that chews up all your nails, takes away all your sleep and you end up only thinking about the book, the prose and the way the magic unfolds.

The other hand makes no bones about letting the magic unfold. It, in fact tells you to wait and watch how the magic unfolds. You buy this book thinking its a cheap marketing gimmick to not tell you what the story is about - just that you are in for a wonderful reading experience. The past month I've been accosting everyone I know and asking them to read the book and that's all I can say. Whatever I read in the rest of the year will, I know pale in comparison to The Other Hand