Disclaimer: SCI-FI nerdiness alert
I. LOVE. Sci-Fi. Reading. I cannot begin to explain how much of a sci-fi nerd I am. I try to lie to myself and pick up history books (I tell myself it's so I can do more research into costumes and lifestyles of different time periods....but who am I kidding?), and classics, but they just don't really hold a candle to futuristic action-packed, I've got magical powers of science at my fingertips books.
This is more a series that I love, and to be honest, I haven't even finished the third book in the series, but it is so movie-worthy. (I'm still holding out for the day they'll finally decide to pick it up for a big summer blockbuster!)
I received a recommendation to read the book Sabriel by a good friend from hs. A young girl who is destined for greatness and has the ability to control and seal the dead in their place, Sabriel is descended from a line of magic necromancers, known as "the Abhorsen". These magical beings (they are NOT wizards okay?) carry a set of bells around their torso, varying in size from smallest to largest down at their hip. Each bell has the power to send the dead (dangerous or harmless) back through the gates of death. The larger the bell, the more powerful the beast it is sending back.
Sounds crazy right? You follow her through her course of becoming the new Abhorsen after her father has been trapped beyond the gates of death. She embarks on the journey to save him, and meets friends, creatures, and even a lover on the way.
The second book in this series is "Lirael". (To be honest, I can't remember exactly what the book's about....but it's AWESOME NONETHELESS!) Lirael (this is a loose version of what I remember) is a descended niece of Sabriel. She has the power of a clairvoyant (or at least she's suppposed to). Originally she is one of the prefects in a home for younger clairvoyants. Somehow she is one of the only girls who has not received the gift. As you follow HER journey in the book, you discover with her, the power to overcome and come into the gifts she has been destined for.
The third book, as I've said, I have not read yet, but it's titled "Abhorsen".
Even after the first two, it's a must read series! Filled with some great imagery, and a totally magical world bridging the ancient and the futuristic, this series is sure to be something you can't put down! (shameless advertising here!)
