Indexing

If you’re searching for a different look at the whole fractured fairy tale scenario give Indexing by Seanan McGuire a try.  In this book we follow the exploits of a team from the ATI Management Bureau.  The ATI Management Bureau is in charge of making sure that the memes (typically found in fairy tales) don’t break free and infect the larger tale that is reality.  So if a girl reports bears hanging around her house, they investigate… if two children are lost in the woods, it is their job to find them… if a pale girl with dark hair is about to take a bite out of an apple it is their job to stop her.  Of course this is only the backdrop to the story.  The actual story involves our team combating treachery within their organization and winning out over the tropes that define each of them.

This is a clever book, easy to read, and enjoyable.  Pick it up if you like fantasy that is not serious.