(526 pages)
When the future is unclear, who holds the key to destiny? Sequel to the spellbinding, award-winning fantasy adventure, SABRIEL. Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother and ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large, extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight -- the ability to See into the present and possible futures -- that is the very birthright of the Clayr. Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. she must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil -- one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. Garth Nix draws readers deeper into the magical landscape of the Old Kingdom and weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny and danger.
After having read Sabriel and loving it, i wasnt sure whether Lirael could match up to it. I was wrong. It is just as good if not better!
The characters are so believeable, and immediately become real to you they are so fantastically imagined. Lirael is such a stirring character in herself, it is quite amazing the way that describes her, not by words or adjectives, but in her actions and behaviour. The Disresputable Dog is also a fantastically witty character and Sameth, son of Sabriel is a worthy child after his mother. I was delighted at the return of Mogget, who is dark, but witty and humorous all at once. The scenes with the dead are tense and exciting, and left me biting my nails down to the quick! I loved this book and I simply cannot wait to read Abhorsen - which is my next task!
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