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Her search takes her to London where, after a night of violence and supernatural scares, she discovers a whole other world existing alongside the every day one. Nix currently lives in Sydney with his wife Anna McFarlane, a publisher, [5] and their sons Thomas and Edward. I'm not typically a YA reader and choose these books very selectively, instead preferring middle grade fiction which I found to be more endearing and to contain less aggravating tropes. What I do like about a well-written YA is that it's usually fun, fast-paced and easy to read as there will always be times for books that fit these criteria. This book was a great choice for me after finishing some heavy emotional reads. It definitely fit what I was looking for with the added fun factor of two of my favourite things - books and bookshops. I think I'll go up to London early. Get acclimatized. There's bound to be pub work I can get. And I... I'll try to find my dad." pg 8, ebook Her mother, who was tall and slight without the muscle, said Susan took after her father, which was possibly true. Susan had never met him, and this was one of the few details her mother had ever shared.

Hijinks ensue, and Susan remains quite unflappable in the face of those — which is weird until you realize that she’s got some ancestral magic that lends her some serious magical street cred. (Plus, she’s channeling her inner punk just a tad). Children's writers," said Merlin. "Dangerous bunch. They cause us a lot of trouble. ... They don't do it on purpose... But quite often they discover the key to raise some ancient myth, or release something that should have stayed imprisoned, and they share that knowledge via their writing. Stories aren't always stories, you know." pg 59, book

Quién es el padre de Susan y qué relación tiene con todo lo que está ocurriendo? Es el misterio que está presente durante toda la novela. No creo que se pueda adivinar, no se dan las suficientes pistas para ello. Por consiguiente, mis calibraciones eran erróneas.

Bubbling and streaming clear, cold water, the creature sloshed a dozen yards across the grass and then stone paving to the house and, raising one long limb, lashed green willow ends upon window glass, once, twice, three times. a b "oldkingdom.com.au – The Nine Gates of Death: An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer" . Retrieved 24 May 2020. I thought Nix handled his world building well. The main character, Susan, knows nothing about the magic system, so we find out about it at same time she does. Other things are left unexplained for us to make sense of as events occur. I much prefer this to info dumping which can be boring and intrude on the story.DNF at 30%. It feels like such a slog that I'm not interested in pushing through. Based on the premise I should have loved this book, but it's a lot like The Starless Sea- really wonderful idea but terrible execution. It's weird and not in an enjoyable or humorous way. After reading the absolutely abysmally plotted and paced Angel Mage, I was walking into this one with some trepidation. I love classic Garth Nix, in that I love Sabriel and the original Abhorsen trilogy, but I haven't been able to find as much joy in any of his other works. The Old Kingdom Chronicles ( The Abhorsen Chronicles in the United States) (2009). This contained the first three Abhorsen books and "The Creature in the Case". One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales - a book of short stories for younger readers Y, aunque tiene una historia enganchante con una trama intrigante, personajes bien construidos y una atmósfera muy envolvente... no ha llegado a las expectativas que tenía por el otro libro :(.

A young woman came out of the farmhouse, yawning, her eyes half-shut, her mind still mostly lost in a dream that had seemed so real.A different practical yet magical Susan (Terry Pratchett’s creation) whom “our” Susan sometimes brought to mind. Hmm? Oh, I forget. London. Yes, of course you must go. When I was eighteen I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. But I insist on postcards. You must send me postcards. Trafalgar Square…” Losing Her Divinity", in Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales, edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt

Throughout the book I found there was no real depth to any of the characters which meant I didn’t invest in them. What you learn of them in the first few chapters feels like all you end up knowing them at the end of the book. I had no real sense of who they were and what really motivated them. It all felt a little disconnected. Like someone telling you a story whilst you’re facing a different direction. You hear the person speaking but can’t see the body language or gesticulations for the story to be more than just the words. There are also entire paragraphs of nothing but lists of other books or of artists. It just felt like name dropping. This novel works as a stand-alone, but I'm hoping Nix has some ideas for sequels percolating. I would gladly spend more time in Susan Arkshaw's London. Set in 1983 technically makes this historical fiction, but as that thought makes me cry, I will call it a recent contemporary. The Field of Fallen Foe", in the collection Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer (2023)There are a great many inspirations driving this book, more than I even know myself, I suspect. One of the things I wanted to do was to marry two kinds of books that I love: thrillers and fantasy. I wanted to get some of the sensibility of Sixties and Seventies thrillers by Alistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley, Hammond Innes and others; with the kind of fantasy where the mythical world underpins the contemporary world, and they occasionally mix, but it all feels very real, as is superbly done in the children’s fantasies by Susan Cooper and Alan Garner, among others. Why did you decide to set the book in the Eighties? Strange Fishing in the Western Highlands" (from Hellboy: Oddest Jobs, edited by Christopher Golden_ Characters who know how they want to live their lives and work to build those lives with integrity and imagination. There was plenty of adventure and a bit of mystery to figure out Susan’s heritage and who might want her dead or kidnapped for unknown nefariousness. I enjoyed the conclusion of the story and really liked our main cast. Merlin was a little over the top for me in some regards, so not my favorite in the cast, but Vivien and Susan are wonderful strong female characters.

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