It's so new and so amazingly adventurous and magical! You'll just love Clover, who's awesomely funny, and the main character is so humble and cute, and the 'side-kick' (I guess) is icy but sweet. Geth is so very cool. But that comes up more in the later books. Some people may be deterred by the fact that he's a toothpick. You've just got to expect that kind of thing when you dive into the world of Foo! It's what makes it so fun!