Veronica is a novel filled with fantastic and magical elements. Christopher works within a very structured universe, and the novel gradually reveals its rules. To my taste, however, there are too many magical elements and not enough characterization. At the end of the novel, the title character is nearly as much a mystery as she is at the start. The protagonist is even more a mystery; we never learn more than a couple of trivial bits about his life prior to meeting Veronica. Still, Veronica is well written, and it maintained my interest from start to finish, though I frankly enjoyed A Trip to the Stars more.