Enter the Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor - the most fantastical children's release of the year.
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.
But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.
It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organisation: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart - an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city and confront her deadly fate once and for all.
Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive.
This book has echoes of Harry Potter as it has the bones of that story.
We have a child who is cursed, who is taken away to prove that she part of some magical society, and we have some characters who we are not quite sure are on the side of good or evil. The book starts out rather sad and dreary but that to be expected since the whole point of Morrigan is she a cursed child who will die very soon.
Things move along at a nice steady pace, with lots of information learned as we go along on the adventure. From Moriggan finding out bidding day and her being told not to worry about it. She gets to go along with her uncle and ends up getting the most bids. The excitement spirals on from their. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and will be reading the rest of this series.
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