The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

I have just finished this book and I must say that it was truly enjoyable and engaging. I found the book for a good deal and was drawn to the cover. For those of you who have not seen the cover, it shows a baby carriage, with several iron implements hanging from a tree branch above it. The background is stark, grey and silver.
To start the book drew me back to a book I read in high school, called Tithe, by Holly Black. The book is a modern fairy tale, as is the replacement, putting warring fairy courts in a world of cars, cellphones and all modern technology. For anyone who knows their fairy mythology they know that fairy and iron don't mix, making the modern world with stainless steel, part iron, a challenge to survive.
Fairy tales often involve warring fairy courts, the light and the dark, in the case of The Replacements, The House of Mayhem and the House of Misery. These two houses are ruled by their queens, who have very different desires, one wants the town above their houses to be happy in exchange for prosperity and the other who trades blood for prosperity. These houses are populated with a wide range of characters, who vary from zombie prom queen types to iron clawed torturers.
The main character Mackie, faces the challenge of being a chageling, trying to survive in a world that should have killed years previous. As he discovers the world under his town, he has to decide whether to become involved in the war between the two houses or does he just sit back and let things go on as they always have.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a true fairy tale, where the cast and characters are different kinds of fairies. If you like genre bending as well, this is book you would enjoy, as it mixes magic, modern times, and some political intrigue and mystery.
I have already lent my book out to a friend, who took the time to read the book jacket, and lets just say I think she is hooked without even reading the first page.
Happy reading, and I hope you get the chance to hide away from the weather with a good book.