A review by rchluther
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

Dark, late elementary-age fantasy. We meet old friends in the second book and some interesting new ones. This may be my favorite of the series just for the Marshes of Morva. Always fun to revisit Prydain. (Note: Bears very little resemblance the the Disney movie of the same name. Disney took the first two books, crammed them together and took out a lot of interesting bits, and turned it into the first -- and only for a LONG time -- PG rated Disney cartoon. Watched it again recently and still pretty meh on it.)

Update in 2023: Love this book as much as ever! As I said above, the Marshes of Morva is one of the best sections of the whole series.