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A review by meghans_books
Abarat: Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker
3.0
Now that Candy is back in the Abarat, she must find a way to get Princess Boa out of her head and keep Mater Motley from destroying the one place she's truly felt at home.
Candy meets a mad magician named Laguna Munn, who has two sons. The first son she made out of all the goodness in her and the second she made out of all of the darkness. The boys help their mother to extract the soul of Princess Boa from Candy, but Boa turns out to be a wicked woman who fed on the life of the evil son so that she could have a body. The good son gave up his life in order to save his brother.
Candy then finds that Christopher Carion is still alive and that, despite the fact Boa is not inside of her anymore, he still wants to help her. Unfortunately, he cannot stop his grandmother from attacking the Abarat, unleashing a darkness upon each of the hours in an attempt to take over the world.
In one epic battle, Candy uses the power of the Abarataraba to help free the souls of Christopher's brothers and sisters, which Mater Motley trapped into rag dolls.
In this book, Candy questions herself and her impact on the Abarat, Malingo proves he is the best friend she could ever have, and she meets her love interest, Gazza.
I really enjoyed the action in this book. Barker did it again! I couldn't put it down! Unfortunately, I thought the love between Gazza and Candy was a huge stretch. There was very little development in their relationship. He was her prisoner, then they were shipmates, but they hardy ever spoke. Then, all of the sudden, they were in love. As a self-titled teen romance specialist, this is not how these things are supposed to happen.
Candy meets a mad magician named Laguna Munn, who has two sons. The first son she made out of all the goodness in her and the second she made out of all of the darkness. The boys help their mother to extract the soul of Princess Boa from Candy, but Boa turns out to be a wicked woman who fed on the life of the evil son so that she could have a body. The good son gave up his life in order to save his brother.
Candy then finds that Christopher Carion is still alive and that, despite the fact Boa is not inside of her anymore, he still wants to help her. Unfortunately, he cannot stop his grandmother from attacking the Abarat, unleashing a darkness upon each of the hours in an attempt to take over the world.
In one epic battle, Candy uses the power of the Abarataraba to help free the souls of Christopher's brothers and sisters, which Mater Motley trapped into rag dolls.
In this book, Candy questions herself and her impact on the Abarat, Malingo proves he is the best friend she could ever have, and she meets her love interest, Gazza.
I really enjoyed the action in this book. Barker did it again! I couldn't put it down! Unfortunately, I thought the love between Gazza and Candy was a huge stretch. There was very little development in their relationship. He was her prisoner, then they were shipmates, but they hardy ever spoke. Then, all of the sudden, they were in love. As a self-titled teen romance specialist, this is not how these things are supposed to happen.