A review by ianbanks
Hagbane's Doom by John Houghton

3.0

Clearly inspired by the Narnia books, Mr Houghton’s fantasy takes another group of children, allies them with talking animals and pits them against an evil witch. It’s the kind of story that I’d have eaten up as a kid and it is a heap of fun, despite there being an awful lot of stuff happening offstage and a bit of a problem with timelines. The character moments are very clearly delineated as are the points of morality being debated but it is a pleasant way to wile away the hours.