I loved this book.
Thoroughly imaginative, the mix of two very imperfect worlds that envy each other, the elements of magic and fantasy that pass by almost unnoticed because of how artfully they are worked into the book...
Incarceron is a vast prison, established some time prior to our entry into the story, and intended to be a paradise for its inhabitants. It is not so paradisaical anymore, but is a giant machinated savage environment. A group is attempting to escape the prison, an act which may be impossible.
In the meantime, the daughter of the Warden, in the other world, the outside, is trying to get in, for reasons that in anyone else's hands would risk being clumsy or melodramatic but I think works perfectly here. She is desperate, largely due to her situation at home, and to her, Incarceron represents a sort of escape. A gorgeously imagined world, entirely believable.
And the ending is fantastic. Don't worry, there's not a chance I'm giving anything away.
Many of the intricate mysteries are not cleared up in the riveting course of the book. I have no many unanswered questions. Thankfully there is a sequel due out next year, Sapphique -- by the end of Incarceron, the title of the sequel alone is positively thrilling.
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