I think it was last year I read this book and now they made it a movie starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer to name a few. I just hope that the movie really complement to the story because its very nice. If you are a reader of Jude Deveraux, Judith McKnight, Barbara Cartland then you will surely fall in love with this book.
Stardust written by Neil Gaiman.Some says that Gaiman translated the japanese version of Princess Mononoke of Miyazaki Hayao into english which is the Stardust. And that Gaiman himself is a fan of Miyazaki. Anyway, Stardust is a fairy tale, adventure-love story not only for kids but also for adults who still have a small child within. A story between a mortal and an ethereal Star and its adventures. Gaiman works it in dazzling ways that will capture you until you flip its final page. 
From the back cover:
Our story begins in Wall, a village at the crossroads bordering Faerie, where the mortal and magical mingle once every nine years in an enchanted meadow to exchange goods and services. When Dunstan Thorn goes to the Faerie market to find a token for his love, a chance encounter with one of the Fair folk changes his life and love...forever.
Eighteen years later when Dunstan's son, Tristran, rashly swears to fetch a fallen star for the village beauty, he embarks on a lover's quest that takes him into the deepest corners of Faerie, where he will find unexpected dangers and temptations, and where he will discover the truth about love...and about his own true nature.
Stardust - list of characters:
Dunstan Thorn, a practical young man
Daisy Hempstock, the girl Dunstan is courting
Mister Bromios, owner of the inn the Seventh Magpie
Bridget Comfrey and Tommy Forester
A flower girl at the Faerie Market, bound with a silver chain
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Tristran Thorn, a odd young man
Louisa Thorn, Tristran's little sister
Victoria Forester, the beautiful girl Tristran is infatuated with
The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold, who throws a topaz-stone
The fighting, living heirs of Stormhold, Lords Primus, Tertius, and Septimus
Three aging women, the Lilim, the witch-queen, seeking to become young
The Star, who breaks her leg, Yvaine
A little hairy man
Mistress Semele, Ditchwater Sal, a harridan traveling in a gypsy wagon
A unicorn
Mister Robert Monday, of the shop Monday and Brown's
What are you waiting for? Grab a copy now! or better yet watch the movie in movie house near you.
fastfact: I love the name of the falling star Yvaine because it is my name also.
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