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I liked Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (even if the plot hooks for the sequel were a bit obvious). The second book was rather meh, though. I traded it away. (The titular character is a sixgun-toting undead sorcerer detective.)
The Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud I enjoyed very much. (The titular character is a demon, and an entertainingly snarky first person narrtor for part of the book.)
And Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is one of my favourite books over all. I think it realy got me at the point where it introduced a character with, "People [...] listened to Darktan because he was often telling you things you really, really needed to know if you wanted to go on living. He was big, and lean, and tough, and spent most of his time taking traps apart to see how they worked." That last bit is just a wonderful habit for a rat to have.
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