Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War: Days of Magic, Nights of War Bk.2 - Clive Barker

"The air was filled with the mingled smells of a thousand things: pies, caramel, sawdust, gasoline, sweat, dog's breath, sweet smoke, sour smoke, fruit nearly rotten, fruit beyond rotten, ale, feathers, fire. And if happiness had a smell, that too was in the air of Babilonium. In fact, it was the fragrance that hovered behind all the other fragrances. Nor did the island ever seem to exhaust its surprises. There was always something new around the next corner, in the next tent, in the next arena." I am ashamed to say that over the last few months I have fallen out of love with reading. I have not finished a book since I was disappointed by Terry ...  Read the complete review

Most authors aspire to a symmetry of words and verse. For those who live in a literary haze, the ultimate of creating prose that sparks fancy either in paragraphs or rhyme is something only a few can achieve. This is very like at the centre of the tabernacle that forms the Abarat series of books written by Clive Barker. “Days of Magic, Nights of War” is the sequel to "Abarat" intended by the author to be the second in a series of four. The Abarat itself is a strange world of curio where a series of islands are set permanently according to the hour of the day. Examples would include Yzil which is the noon-day island where it is permanently noon; Qualn ...  Read the complete review