Yeah. I loved Sabriel with the great love - in fact, I want so much to nick that whole magic system, but I will virtuously restrain myself and file the numbers off first - but Abhorsen - ack. I just wanted to throttle him, what he did there. The Universe Will Be Destroyed Unless! (tm) plots make me want to bite something.

Not to mention trying to tie everything off in a nice little romantic bow that make absolutely no logic with regard to the characters involved... *grinds teeth*