So Lyra is a young orphan who grows up in the dusty corridors of Jordan College, Oxford, in the shadow of Scholars who grow their secrets with scrupulous care. But Lyra thirsts for exciting adventures and bored in his corner. When she discovers that children are kidnapped by the Gobblers and taken to the Northern Kingdoms, she does not hesitate a second to find the way to escape from his school. Thus she meets Mrs. Coulter, his new benefactor, which leads it to London, promising to join the north in the coming weeks.
Time passes, Lyra vegetate on site and feels like a pet, trapped in a golden cage. And again, she took the opportunity to go on an adventure, according to his acquaintances and other discoveries, it floats on the water with gypsies, flying in the sky aboard an aeronaut, grabs the back a polar bear, entrusts his fate to witches ... It is simply stunning! This reading has a real romantic breath, which hardly gives us time to rest, the story is briskly, leaning on an imaginary full of finds. In short, I was totally charmed.