Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Death, Parental death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Kidnapping, Forced marriage, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Animal abuse, Child abuse
Clariel
by Garth Nix
Book 4 in The Old Kingdom
Come for the missing piece of Old Kingdom history; stay for the uncomfortable question at the center of it: what happens when the path chooses someone who never asked for it?
Quick fit
Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length382 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Thought-provoking
- Beautiful grief
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Big city / metropolis
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Royal court / palace
- Undead
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- Forest / wilderness
- Spirits
- Necromancers
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- High
- Outcast/loner
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- Asexual / ace spectrum
- Introspective
- Immersive
- Morally gray
- Teen MC (under 20)
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Witch/mage
- Villain protagonist
- Melancholic
- Character-driven
- Runaway / on the run
- Political intrigue
- Slow descent into darkness
- Power corrupts
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 382 pages
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book