Mini Review: Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

This short book is about Lee Scoresby. Whom I adored in the His Dark Materials books. And I'm so glad I got to read more about him. This is told from his point of view, when he was twenty four years old. And oh. I adored him so much. So glad that I read this book. Because Lee and Hester are both so cute to read about.

Once Upon a Time in the North tells the story of when Lee and Iorek first met. And I loved it. I loved it a whole lot. Sure, there is no Lyra. And no Will. Sniffs. But I love Philip's writing and I adored reading about Lee. And a young Iorek too. He is still my favorite bear. So I very, very much enjoyed reading this book.

I won't say too much about this. Just that it is kind of long, which was awesome, and we get to know a lot about Lee. And I just loved getting to know his hare, Hester, better as well. His dæmon is just adorable. And I love reading about them together. And sniffs. We get to know how he got his riffle too. It all just breaks my heart, because I know how it ends. It's all so sad.

Anyway. I'm not going to say much more about this. Just that it is a stunning short story. And I very much enjoyed reading it. It is full of adventure and murder and fun too. Yeah. It isn't the longest story, but it was long enough, and I loved getting to know Lee more. But sobs. Now I'm even more upset, because I don't have more to read about this world. I don't have more words about Lyra and Will or their friends. Which is breaking my heart. And I'm hoping The Book of Dust news will come very soon. <3

Once Upon a Time in the North. Buy it. My review of Lyra's Oxford.  

Lyra's Oxford. Buy it here. Book Recommendation of The Amber Spyglass. 

Book Recommendation of The Golden Compass. Book Recommendation of The Subtle Knife. 

The Golden Compass. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass. Philip Pullman. The Book Depository.

My review of Northern Lights. My review of The Subtle Knife. My review of The Amber Spyglass.