sscullyy 's review for:

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

4.0

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This was a banger! This story takes place in the golden reign of the Penseive kings and queens in a country bordering Narnia. There, an adopted boy running to escape being sold into some sort of slavery meets a talking horse (not one of those dumb horses from his country) who wants to return to Narnia and the two set off on an epic adventure. Along the way they meet a girl and her talking horse who are also escaping to Narnia, as the girl was being offered off as an unwilling bride to an old man she has no love for. Along the way, they meet Susan Penseive and other Narnians who mistake him for the Prince of Arkenland. They also discover a plot to attack Narnia and head off on a mad dash to save Arkenland and Narnia from Prince Rabedash, who wants to destroy Susan and Narnia for rejecting him and his offer of marriage.

One of my favorite parts of this story was Lewis’s humor expressed through the Narnian horses. The dialogue between Brie and Shasta made me laugh out loud at times. The character development of Shasta, Brie, and Aravis as they get to know each other and are faced with obstacles that challenge who they are.

And in the end, we have a happy ending!