Lirael (Abhorsen, #2) in Pick-a-Shelf

Mar 10, 2016 Kira rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya, aussie-author, trilogy-series

The events in Lirael happen a long time after Sabriel has defeated Kerrigor and a new enemy to the Old Kingdom is arising. Lirael is a wonderful character with her insecurities but also her magic. The Disreputable Dog captured my heart, as most animals do, and it was fun to see Moggett again. I found Prince Sameth charming to begin with, then irritating once his foray into death scared him (although, to be fair to poor Sameth, I'd be scared too and I believe this was Garth Nix's intention). I li ...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Rosemary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This second-in-series is even better than the first, Sabriel, in my opinion. Lirael has grown up as an orphaned Daughter of the Clayr and longs to develop the Sight like the others, but her destiny lies elsewhere. Meanwhile Princess Ellimere and Prince Sameth, the children of Sabriel and Touchstone, are growing to maturity: one happy with her role as heir to the throne, the other a reluctant Abhorsen-in-Waiting. When the forces of Free Magic threaten to take over the Old Kingdom again, Lirael an ...more

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Oct 20, 2015 Susan rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, series, fantasy

This book begins years after Sabriel, the first in the series, so most of the characters are not the same. But the focus on free (uncontrolled) magic and charter magic is still primary; and the threat posed by dead who can be summoned to be used by dark forces is just as great, or perhaps growing.

I enjoyed the book primarily because of the characters, notably Lirael herself, and then Prince Sameth. I also like the concept of the Seers of Clayr and how they try to protect their world by understan ...more

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