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Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

By: Garth Nix
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
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The long-awaited fourth audiobook in the New York Times best-selling Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix.

Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world-building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic, and is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.

Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage, and save the King?

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I miss moggets prior voice. Tim curry captured this characters better where Graeme malcolm seems to have more flow and atmosphere which is great but I think mogget sounding sarcastic and care free is a part of his character.

a drip in a lake that becomes a tidal wave

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Just amazing story lines. love the world . The people the fantasy. can't wait for the next one.

a must read for the fantasy lover

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I honestly read Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorsen first and completely skipped over this book because I had read that it was set 500 years before Sabriel and I just didn't really see what the point would be in reading it but I'm so glad I did because I actually enjoyed it the most out of the entire book series. If you have read all of the other books in this series, then you need to read this one as well.

Out of the entire book series, this is my favorite

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I liked it. I found Clariel a hard character to like at first, but after I understood more about her and her life and her story, I liked her quite a lot. Though, I don't really understand why she is considered the "lost Abhorsen" because it seemed Bel was supposed to be the Abhorsen the whole time. Good book though. Worth it.

I was hungry for some more Old Kingdom and this did it

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Well this book left me heartbroken but it's so well written. A definite must if you've enjoyed other books in the Abhorsen series.

Shocking twist

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I love Garth Nix as an author, he is brilliant at wordplay! It is so enveloping, the flow and descriptions suck you right in. It's as if you're watching the events unfold.

Fantastic!

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brings me back to reading this in middle school and listening to Avril Lavigne in the background haha. After 10+ years I might just dive back into the original trilogy!

So happy to come back to this series!

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I loved the original trilogy when I was a kid. I read them until the bindings fell apart. This book brought about the same feeling and I will for sure be buying it and reading it to pieces as well!

True to the rest

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I love Garth Nix and his "Old Kingdom" world. That said, I was sort of let down by Clariel. There seems to be a lack of continuity, though I hope this will be rectified in "Goldenhand".

Not up to the task

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This is my last favorite in the series, but I read Goldenhand after and really appreciated knowing the story of Clariel. It's kind of like remembrancing.

Read Goldenhand after!

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