The Prydain Chronicles Book Three: The Castle of Llyr

My favorite book so far in The Chronicles of Prydain! I was afraid this would be a letdown after all the fun of The Black Cauldron but I enjoyed this so much more than I expected. Princess Eilonwy must learn to be a lady (much to her dismay) and is going to go live for a while at the royal court at t......more

Halfway there, this series just keeps getting better and better! The third book takes Taran and friends on a ship and out into a little island kingdom to escort Eilonwy back to royalty, proceeding to introduce some colourful new faces and interesting situations to a different kind of tale, perhaps mo......more

While this middle chapter of the Chronicles of Prydain featured some lovely moments, especially pertaining to characters’ discoveries of the hidden depths of their courage and generosity, it felt a bit less finely crafted than the first two books had. Since much of this book is spent following the t......more

C.S. Lewis had a lot to say about children’s stories. He believed that “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” And that “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at t......more