hell yeah! [b:La Belle Sauvage|34128219|La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)|Philip Pullman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498930382l/34128219._SX50_.jpg|14190696] eventually grew on me but honestly Lyra is just the star of this world and it was great to be back with her. And back with some unsubtle metaphors about SOCIETY. Delicious.

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also I just gotta say that from the way I saw some people reacting to this I really thought Lyra and Malcolm were gonna fuck in this book and....they didn't.