Another enjoyable read in the Old Kingdom saga albeit a lot slower than its predecessor.

Lirael is a lot more character driven than Sabriel and opens up the world in a much bigger way. The writing is palatable and if not for other commitments, i might have finished a lot earlier as it was such an easy read.

The main character Lirael was a little less to my taste as she was full of self pity that i found particularly unattractive. While I understood her reasons for this, as she continued to look at her glass as half empty it really started to annoy me.

Im excited to continue and find out at the story pulls together now that our MCs have met and see how theyll take down yhe big baddie.