1 Paperback (304 pages)

Book

0.0

Point

8/1/2005

4/11/2006

Chris Wooding

0439598516

9780439598514

$7.99

Book Description Thaniel, just seventeen, is a wych-hunter. Together, he and Cathaline--his friend and mentor--track down the fearful creatures that lurk in the Old Quarter of London. It is on one of these hunts that he first encounters Alaizabel Cray. Alaizabel is half-crazed, lovely, and possessed.Whatever dreadful entity has entered her soul has turned her into a strange and unearthly magnet--attracting evil and drawing horrors from every dark corner. Cathaline and Thaniel must discover its cause--and defend humanity at all costs.

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• Intriguing (4)
  THE GOOD: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray is, overall, a great book. The plot is intelligent, and the sequence of events keeps you at the edge of your seat the entire way through. I couldn't put it down.
  
  THE BAD: I was hoping for a more original ending. Until I reached the last few paragraphs, I was disappointed with the happiness of the closing chapter. It just seemed too abrupt for a book filled with dark images to suddeny be so happy. Luckily, Chris Wooding brought back the dark feel of the book in the last few paragraphs and the story ended on that note, making it satisfactory.
  
  ROUGH SUMMARY: Thaniel Fox is a 17 year old wych hunter. At the start of the book he is hunting an exceptionally brave wych called a Cradlejack. While hunting the Cradlejack, he runs into a girl who calls herself Alaizabel. His mentor and friend, Cathaline, believes that the girl is crazy, but he disagrees. He vows to help this girl, but he soon realizes that he is going to be getting a lot more trouble than he bargained for as the trio gets pulled into a deadly ritual that could destroy the world. And who's going to try and stop it? Them, of course!
• Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (5)
  Thenial is a 17 year old wych-hunter in an alternative Victorian England, where magic is king. With his partner, Catheline, he lurks the streets of Old London for the wych. On patrol one night, he is smitten by a mysterious young woman named Alaizabel Cray. He learns that she is pocessed by a wych named Thatch and has escaped from a deadly cult called "The Fratnity" who wants to take over the world.
  
  Thenial, Catheline and Alaizabel must destroy Thatch and "The Fratnity" before they destroys society.
  
  This book is one of my all time favorites. I would recommand this to any fanstay fan.