Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
My rating: 4/5 cats
how great is ariel?? ariel is exactly this great:
i had never read this series, but had always wanted to. so ariel straight up mailed it to me! like santa! in june!
ariel, i have also always wanted a choker made of rubies and emeralds and sweet sweet diamonds.
while i am waiting for that, i will write a review for this book. obviously, there are going to be comparisons to that narnia series—british siblings shuttled off to a spooky house with secret passageways behind a wardrobe with an eccentric older relative and some christian mythology thrown in for funs.
but.
even better than narnia, this reminded me of my very favorite series of children’s books by peggy parish (but not her amelia bedelia stuff—that just paid the rent). the better series of books were the ones featuring liza, jed, and bill (the only twins that are not evil). they had the best relatives who were always leaving them mysteries to solve in the form of secret notes and clues and maps and little carved wooden toys…i believe i read all of them, but reading this made me want to read them all again and cross my fingers that there was one i missed so i can go back and have an all new exciting adventure with my favorite detectives!!
but i will finish this series, too, naturally.
thank you ariel. i will go run to mailbox now.
jewels!! they come!!
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