Clarion The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: (Boxed Set)

Having enjoyed these books when they first came out, I decided to share them with my grandnephews. They are finding them as entertaining as I did. They love the unconventional princess, and the different take on dragons. They love how unique the characters are and how much fun their adventures are.Can highly recommended this for adults to enjoy, as well as children. A collection that is perfect to read together, as a family. There is something enjoyable for every age.

We gave this set to the little girl next door for her birthday and she really enjoys the stories.

Yes, I'm an adult but I didn't discover these books until I was well beyond youth and I didn't see that this should in any way impede my enjoyment of what everyone seemed to be saying was a great book series. I started reading book one on a Saturday morning and finished book four on the Monday evening. And that was only because I had to go to work on Monday during the day.These are wonderful books - Cimorene (who begins it all) is a fantastic character, but Wrede creates and thoroughly draws a surrounding entourage of other characters including dragons, ill-intentioned wizards and mad-cat lady witches, with surprisingly sensible cats. It was unexpected and yet somehow satisfying to find out before I started reading that the last book was written first and the rest of them sort of happened by accident. Even the writing of these stories is part of the story and I felt as though I had been invited to join a secret and exclusive club, by the time I finished reading.Whatever your age, if you have any child left in you at all (and who doesn't have at least some) then you will love these books and rather wish there were a few more of them at the end. They aren't Lord of the Rings - they aren't Narnia - but they are a special thing all of their own and probably deserve their own sub-category. I'm glad I found them. Full of all sorts of proper traditions, whilst not in fact being traditional at all... Just set aside a couple of days, switch off your phone and throw yourself into the Enchanted Forest and the surrounding kingdoms. It almost feels as though I've been on holiday.

This is one of those stories that a girl will read, and read again, and read again, and....Just a clever premise that is well executed and thoroughly enjoyable. As a parent, I haven't minded re-reading it aloud more than once either. There are several books that a child will undoubtedly encounter because of their popularity and cultural impact, but this is a rare gem story that can simply be overlooked and missed altogether...and that's a shame because it deserves a wider audience.

I love this series :D I love the way it messes with fairy tale tropes and I like that it moves to different character with the different books but still has the same (basically, there are some new character) cast so you don't have to get used to too many new characters every book but you still get new adventures with different people.