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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. It was well written and, like it's predecessor, a page turner. The only down things I saw in this book were Sam was whiny and annoying, and I found the suspense that was built slightly broken by the swapping between characters. The first book was solidly on one character ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51688817">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A powerful return to Nix's high fantasy tale of two worlds, the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre, as a hidden evil awakens from the earth to threaten everything. <br/><br/>(contains a mild spoiler for anyone past middle school.)<br/><br/>Although it's a familiar fantasy plot-line which often suffers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36066633">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[+ Strong female protagonist; incorporation of mythic and modern elements; appealing cover art that references the Magician Tarot card.<br/>-   Illegible map in the front matter, for no good reason. It looks like a bad photocopy of the map in Sabriel.<br/><br/>The second of the Abhorsen trilogy. O...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5500418">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil. <p>In this sequel to <em>Sabriel</em>, winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Science Fiction, New York Times best-selling author Garth Nix weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny, and danger.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was really terrified that this book could not stand next to sabriel. my fears were gone almost instantly. lireal is bad mother watch your mouth . disreputable dog is an amazing addition to the character lineup. sameth, give him time he may grow a pair. all i know is i'm looking forward to characte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51836902">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil. <p>In this sequel to <em>Sabriel</em>, winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Science Fiction, New York Times best-selling author Garth Nix weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny, and danger.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a while to get around to reading this book, even though I rushed out and bought it immediately after finishing Sabriel.  The up side to that is in the meantime, I'd bought Abhorsen as well.  That important.  Sabriel was a good stand-alone novel.  Lirael and Abhorsen are not.  In fact, I'd...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9695024">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>WHO IS LIRAEL?</strong><br/><br/>Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr’s birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil.<br/><br/>In this sequel to SABRIEL, winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Science Fiction, Garth Nix weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny, and danger.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a huge fantasy person, but I'm always up for a kick-ass heroine such as Lirael.  I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 books in this trilogy, mostly because they appeal to my morbid streak.  Death portrayed as a river with 7 gates?  Sending the Dead back into Death using necromancer bells?  What'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22774029">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the sequel to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/518848.Sabriel_The_Abhorsen_Trilogy_1_" title="Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #1) by Garth Nix">Sabriel</a> and starts nearly 14 years after the events in Sabriel.<br/>Lirael is a daughter of the Clayr, a mysterious group of women whose special powers allow them to see the future.  Lirael does not feel like she belongs. She's black-haired and pale-skinned, while her cousins ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58947761">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my favorite of the series when I listened to them a few years back on audio, and it's still my favorite now.  I did find that, in reading it instead of listening, Sameth's story drags a bit and I kept distracting myself instead of reading like I was supposed to (book discussion this afterno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46142757">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Fourteen years have passed since the necromancer Sabriel bound the  Greater Dead Adept Kerrigor beyond the Ninth Gate and helped restore King  Touchstone to the Old Kingdom throne. Now she rules at his side as Abhorsen, the  sole necromancer of the Old Kingdom, keeping the people safe from the dark power  of Free Magic. But this is not just Sabriel's tale. It is also the story of  Hedge, a mysterious necromancer who is digging up a monstrous evil that could  utterly destroy the Old Kingdom. And it is the story of Prince Sameth,  Touchstone and Sabriel's only son, who would rather fight an entire army of Dead  than disappoint his beloved parents. And Sam's friend Nick, who has unknowingly  loosed Free Magic into the Old Kingdom, blissfully ignorant of its complete  malevolence. But mostly, this is the tale of Lirael, the only daughter of the  future-seeing Clayr who does not possess the Sight. Burying the pain of her  Sightlessness in the Clayr's great library, Third Assistant Librarian Lirael's  insatiable curiosity will soon lead her to an unbelievable destiny that may even  be connected with that of the great Sabriel herself. <p>  Garth Nix's stunning sequel to <em>Sabriel</em>, full of Mages,  Moggets, and even a Disreputable Dog, is on par with the equally superb works of  Philip Pullman and William Nicholson. And fantasy lovers of all ages will be  thrilled to discover that <em>Lirael</em> ends with more questions than answers,  which will mean a third dip into Nix's beguiling Charter Magic. Both  exhilarating and mesmerizing, this fine novel is pure enchantment. (Ages 12 and  older) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continuing my re-read of this series; this one was just as fun as the first. I felt a little more kinship with Lirael than I did with Sabriel, which I think is why I remember this book a little better than I did the first one. In this book, Nix continues to artfully build the mythos of the Old Kingd...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57673347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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