Charlotte May's Reviews > Abhorsen
Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)
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bookshelves: epic-fantasy, favourites, supernatural-paranormal, tear-jerker, ya
Feb 16, 2018
bookshelves: epic-fantasy, favourites, supernatural-paranormal, tear-jerker, ya
4.5 stars!
This series just keeps getting better!
We find Lirael and Sam immediately after book 2, on the hunt for Sam’s friend Nick and the evil he has accidentally gotten himself trapped in. Along with the Disreputable Dog and Mogget the cat we are taken on a fantastic ride through a world where the dead don’t stay dead!
“Confused Dead Hands staggered out of her way, gobbling their distress from their decayed throats.”
Nix has created such an incredible magic system; with both Charter Magic - the fixed and governed magic but also Free Magic - the powerful and uncontrolled magic often used for evil. We even get to visit death - with its nine gates and mysterious allure.
A power known as The Destroyer is rising, to destroy the Charter and create a world of fire where the dead rule.
“There would be plenty of bodies for all.”
It takes everything in Lirael’s power to use the bells of the Abhorsen and save both Ancelstierre and The Old Kingdom.
“With sighs and groans and gurgles and the clicking of frozen joints and broken bones, the Dead Hands marched forward, sending the fog swirling all around them.”
I was gripped from start to finish, there are constant shocks throughout and I had to see what would happen, even shed a few tears at times. I need the next book now!
“For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but it’s truth cannot be denied.”
This series just keeps getting better!
We find Lirael and Sam immediately after book 2, on the hunt for Sam’s friend Nick and the evil he has accidentally gotten himself trapped in. Along with the Disreputable Dog and Mogget the cat we are taken on a fantastic ride through a world where the dead don’t stay dead!
“Confused Dead Hands staggered out of her way, gobbling their distress from their decayed throats.”
Nix has created such an incredible magic system; with both Charter Magic - the fixed and governed magic but also Free Magic - the powerful and uncontrolled magic often used for evil. We even get to visit death - with its nine gates and mysterious allure.
A power known as The Destroyer is rising, to destroy the Charter and create a world of fire where the dead rule.
“There would be plenty of bodies for all.”
It takes everything in Lirael’s power to use the bells of the Abhorsen and save both Ancelstierre and The Old Kingdom.
“With sighs and groans and gurgles and the clicking of frozen joints and broken bones, the Dead Hands marched forward, sending the fog swirling all around them.”
I was gripped from start to finish, there are constant shocks throughout and I had to see what would happen, even shed a few tears at times. I need the next book now!
“For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but it’s truth cannot be denied.”
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Reading Progress
January 25, 2018
– Shelved as:
own-tbr
January 25, 2018
– Shelved
February 12, 2018
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Started Reading
February 12, 2018
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5.56%
"Well that was a dramatic prologue! So excited to be back in the Old Kingdom :)"
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22
February 14, 2018
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32.58%
" "Mogget? Is that you? Where are you?"
"Here, and regretting it as per usual."
I love this grumpy and sarcastic cat!"
page
129
"Here, and regretting it as per usual."
I love this grumpy and sarcastic cat!"
February 16, 2018
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83.59%
" He wasn’t surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.
“There is something inside me, cat. It won’t let me leave.” "
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331
“There is something inside me, cat. It won’t let me leave.” "
February 16, 2018
– Shelved as:
epic-fantasy
February 16, 2018
– Shelved as:
ya
February 16, 2018
– Shelved as:
tear-jerker
February 16, 2018
– Shelved as:
supernatural-paranormal
February 16, 2018
– Shelved as:
favourites
February 16, 2018
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Finished Reading
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Feb 16, 2018 09:05AM
Well, a strange sounding novel. Charlotte, how did your pantomime go? I am one of many, wishing you and your castmates for the other nights: break a leg!
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Of course! I share personal things. You can bet I shall support personal life that friends share! I wonder if you're glad you don't have to memorize any lines. The routine would be enough for me!