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Garth Nix has created a new world, with new natural laws, in his Abhorsen novels and that always makes a book more interesting for me. That is one of Nix's strengths. Sabriel is a three dimensional heroine, with excellent skills, but also with enough uncertainty and inexperience to keep her relate-able. The plot builds well, and it has plenty of bits that kept me breathless. There is even a light romance, but that in no way lessens Sabriel's dominance of the story line. I loved this book and its sequels.