2.5 starsWorlds better than the first book in the sequence. It is moody and atmospheric as Wales itself, with the haunting sense of looming destiny and an ancient battle being fought. Will was a great character and I appreciated the scenes with his family just as much as those wherein he is learning...
I'm "pre-reading" this sort of thing for my 5-5-year-old son. I put that in quotes because it's really just an excuse to read all that fun young adult fiction I read (or miss out on) when I was a teen and pre-teen. I remember loving this book and the whole series. I enjoyed re-reading it, but in the...
I read the first chapter of this book, and seriously couldn't get any further. It may be fantastic later on, but IMO, it doesn't matter if you can't GET to later on.
I don't remember how old I was when I first read the Dark is Rising Cycle, probably elementary school. This was my favorite story of the five. The story is well told. Cooper does a good job of introducing the readers to the mythology of her world without making it sound like an infodump. She als...
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