Aenir (The Seventh Tower, Book 3)

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Summary: Into another world
Review: The mysteries of the Seventh Tower series deepen in the third book, "Aenir." Garth Nix's descriptive writing and active imagination bring the mysterious dream-world to life, while making the terrible problems of our heroes even more dangerous.

Tal and the aspiring shieldmaiden Milla are in the dreamworld of Aenir now, challenging the terrible Storm Shepherds. They have to find the mysterious living Codex, which holds the answers to how to save their world -- and Tal's missing family. But more perils lie across Aenir, from waspwyrms to vicious birds to semi-dragons.

The Codex instructs Tal to find the mysterious Hazror, and despite the warnings of the Storm Shepherd who accompanies him, Tal does manage to find Hazror... an old Chosen who has killed many people who ventured into Aenir. Will they find their answers, and escape Aenir alive?

The idea of dreamworlds and living shadows would seem stupid in most fantasy series. But Garth Nix actually manages to carry it off -- "Aenir" can be somewhat confusing, but once readers get everything straight, its remarkable imagination begins to shine through.

Not a lot of time is spent in Tal's lightless, icy world in this book; it mostly takes place in Aenir. Nix manages to create a sort of lucid dream, where things make logical sense, but they can be nightmarish and bizarre. He also gives the story a tragic twist for Tal, and deepens the mystery of the malevolent Sushin, who has been making trouble for Tal ever since the first book.

There's not a lot of character development in this book, since Tal and Milla's personalities were formed over the past two novels. Most of this book is action. But Nix does introduce two likable characters -- Odris and Adras, a pair of Storm Shepherds who provide guidance and comic relief for our heroes.

Things get stranger and tenser in the third volume of the Seventh Tower series, and only promise to get better after "Aenir." Definitely worth reading.

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Summary: Aenir
Review: The third installment in the seventh tower series is a lot more unexpected than the first two. It is a complete page turner and it is better than the first two. Not to be missed. I also like the cliffhanger ending because you just can't wait to read more and more and more, and I like that. Please tell me if this review was helpful to you. Thank you

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Summary: Aenir (The Seventh Tower, 3)
Review: This book is so cool it isn't even fuuny. The suspence and suprise makes it the best book I ever read.

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Summary: I read this book in 1day, it was so good
Review: This book is so good that I read it in 1 day (same with all the other books in the series). I'm not going to say much of anything that happens in the book but I will say that it is THEE BEST science-fiction book I have ever read. what happens is tal an milla go aenir. (:duh:) In Aenir tal and milla both get good shadowguards but i am not going to say what they are, they eventually get back to the caslte. milla leaves the castle, says that she is going to give herself to the ice ): . tal teams up with an underfolk to seal the __________ keystone. i just want to say again that this is an amazingly good book for how short it is. (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: :::::::

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Summary: Another cliffhanger
Review: This books by far is one of the busiest of the seventh tower series. Tal and Milla are both bound to each other in a magical process that leaves Tal in Milla's bad favor and makes it impossible for Milla to ever accomplish her goal to become a Maiden Warrior. The emotional element of the friendship/enemy relationship between Milla and Tal builds in this book too. Also, we get our first glimpse of the true evil chasing the two children and the extent to which it will go to destroy all the Tal and Milla love. This book adds a lot to the all ready extreme suspense this series has.

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Summary: One of Garth Nix's Best!
Review: This is, without at doubt, one of Garth Nix's masterpiece. Masterfully written and appealing to all children (including young adults). I don't think this is as good as Castle, which was my favourite in the series so far. As Tal and Milla finally reach the spirit world, Aenir, they discover many things that they were not expecting. The concepts are quite fantasy-like but twisted into a more interesting storyline.