by Garth Nix
Set within the same world as Garth Nix’s OLD KINGDOM trilogy, CLARIEL tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl whose family moves from Estwael and the Great Forest to the capital of The Old Kingdom, Belisaere. Clariel is not happy with the move to help further her mother’s career, and longs to r...
Okay okay I did enjoy this a bit but whyyyy the whole regret storyline like can't a girl even turn to the dark side w/o being grateful for some dude showing up saving her
Not what I expected. The Old Kingdom looked like it was fraying, but I thought this wanted for more details about why everyone was shirking their duties, hiding their Charter marks, etc. What about the lost princess? Did everyone just run away because reasons/pressure/not wanting to bother?Clariel w...
Clariel is the long-awaited-with-bated-breath prequel to Garth Nix's rather wonderful Sabriel trilogy, which featured strong female protagonists, sarcastic cats and a deeply fascinating magic system involving mysterious marks and a river of Death. If that all sounds excellent, well, it was. Which wa...
I figured out what story this was a little more than halfway through, and I was psyched. I did kind of think that we would get to see a bit more of it than we did, though. Also, I felt significantly less clever when Nix actually confirmed what I thought was my clever guess in the afterword. Particul...
Arc provided by Harper Collins through Edelweiss It was my intention to re-read the previous books of this "Old Kingdom" series, before picking this one up. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find the necessary time to do it, and I only got to read about half of the first book, Sabriel, before starti...
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