Books like Yarrow

Yarrow was an exceptional book. I probably would have given it 5 stars had I not read "Some place to be Flying" first. That being said I will move on with the review. Cat Midhir is a writer. A writer who walks between worlds. Cat gets her stories from the Otherworld; Her conversations with Tiddy Mun, Toby Weye, and the storyteller Kothlen are the inspirations for Cat's books and have made Cat one of the best selling authors in Ottawa, Canada. That is until she stops dreaming and can no longer write. As Cat tries to deal with her writers block, a mysterious man with stark blue eyes appears and soon after his arrival corpse's begin to pile up. Soon the blue eyed Lysistratus' motives become clear, he wants Cat's dreams. For it is only through Cat's true dreaming that he can live, growing stronger and more powerful, and soon reach immortality. With the help of a quiet bookstore owner, Cat's biggest fan, and a mechanic, Cat soon comes face to face with Lysistratus and together they must find a way to keep him from not only killing innocents but a way to save Cat's very soul. How is Cat going to find a way to dream and save herself? Will she be able to save herself and the people she loves in the Otherworld? And who is the creature of startling, quiet beauty named Mynfel and what does Mynfel want from Cat? Delve into the dream world of Charles de Lint's Yarrow and discover magic that will save a world from a darkness that strives to destroy it.What I liked about the book was the magical aspect. I am always a sucker for magic, and de Lint provides magic in abundance. What I did not like was, in the beginning of the book there was a lot of jumping around. I realize de Lint had to lay a foundation for his characters, however I had to go back and reread parts to get a grasp of what was actually going on. After I got into the swing of things the book was amazing and sucked me right into Cat's world with likable characters. The part that made me cheer though, was Cat's cats. And that's all I am going to say about that. ;)All in all I enjoyed the story tremendously and it has made me want to read more of Charles de Lint's books. They are like Lays potato chips...you can't read just one.