Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceBy: J.K. Rowling
Reviewed by: Nani1993, 16
Rating: Really liked it
This sixth installment of the Harry Potter series serves as a perfect bridge between the fifth and the final seventh. Over the course of the book, we see Harry mature and move progress from his overall angst in Order of the Phoenix. While he moves forward in his own life, he must also journey back with Dumbledore to uncover the Dark Lord's secrets to have any chance of defeating him once and for all. Throughout this all, Harry is helped by his mysterious presence of the Half-Blood Prince. But, is this prince friend or foe? This is just one of the many questions Harry must answer before the end of his sixth year at Hogwarts and his ultimate confrontation with Voldemort.
While there are many serious issues addressed Half-Blood Prince (power, corruption, the implications of murder to name a few), J.K. Rowling also provides comedy and romance to lighten the book so that it does not bear too heavily on younger readers. In allowing her characters to feel so intensely the harrows and joys of teenage love, Rowling makes book six the calm before the storm and lets Harry, Ron, and Hermione just be teens for a few chapters more.
Recommended to: ages 11 and up
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