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Aridela: Wrapped in legend, beloved of the people. ... read full description
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Feb 03, 2012
Dolores A
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Book Review THE YEAR GOD'S DAUGHTER by Rebecca Loughlan
Dolores A McCabe, reviewer
Aridela is the younger daughter of Queen Helice. She is high-spirited and sometimes reckless. Her adventuring spirit leads her to the labyrinth, a fearsome place where she is rescued by the mysterious visitor to their kingdom, Menoetius.
Thus begins this epic three-part saga set in ancient Greece, when it was only a vast scattering of rival tribes which were not yet even city-states. The auth More...
Dolores A McCabe, reviewer
Aridela is the younger daughter of Queen Helice. She is high-spirited and sometimes reckless. Her adventuring spirit leads her to the labyrinth, a fearsome place where she is rescued by the mysterious visitor to their kingdom, Menoetius.
Thus begins this epic three-part saga set in ancient Greece, when it was only a vast scattering of rival tribes which were not yet even city-states. The auth More...
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Jan 06, 2012
Susanna
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Greek Mythology and Greek gods and goddesses and human beings of ancient Greece are the characters in this sensational story which all are magical.
This story is full of myths, actual truths and excellent details about the history, traditions and the beliefs of the Olympian gods. It is about the royal families and their empires how each one has their own beliefs and laws they all existed by and will die for and compete for dominant authority. There is Crete, which is led by a women' More...
This story is full of myths, actual truths and excellent details about the history, traditions and the beliefs of the Olympian gods. It is about the royal families and their empires how each one has their own beliefs and laws they all existed by and will die for and compete for dominant authority. There is Crete, which is led by a women' More...
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Nov 19, 2011
Cheri
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From the first chapter, The Year-god's Daughter blew me away. Lochlann's vivid attention to detail, extensive research, and striking writing style all move to invoke in the reader a visceral and emotional response to the characters' desires, successes and failures. This is a rich, sensual world the reader stumbles into. It's like stepping through the veil of time to discover a people and a culture that feel so familiar they could be your ancient ancestors.
The story will entice you--a More...
The story will entice you--a More...
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Dec 10, 2011
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Aridella is meant to be a priestess, to save herself for no man, and to become an oracle, dedicating her life to Athena. Only she doesn't want to.
Iphoebe is a princess, destined to become the next queen, to carry on the royal line, to marry and to sacrifice her husband to the Year-god. Only she doesn't want to.
Aridella's birth herald's a time of change, but those who love her are determined to protect her. In protecting her, are they not defying the Goddess's will? All More...
Iphoebe is a princess, destined to become the next queen, to carry on the royal line, to marry and to sacrifice her husband to the Year-god. Only she doesn't want to.
Aridella's birth herald's a time of change, but those who love her are determined to protect her. In protecting her, are they not defying the Goddess's will? All More...
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Dec 02, 2011
Loretta
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I've finished this wonderful book and leave it with great regret! When's the next one! I need it now.
It isn't often one reads a book these days that totally enthralls one with its powerful description, its sense of being in a bygone and yet oddly familiar age. It seems familiar because Rebecca Lochlan's extensive and intensive research and her vivid pictorial imagination has brought to life the period of the Minoan civilisation as if she had truly been alive then. It feels so real and mak More...
It isn't often one reads a book these days that totally enthralls one with its powerful description, its sense of being in a bygone and yet oddly familiar age. It seems familiar because Rebecca Lochlan's extensive and intensive research and her vivid pictorial imagination has brought to life the period of the Minoan civilisation as if she had truly been alive then. It feels so real and mak More...
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Jan 07, 2012
Lavender
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Set amongst the mystery of the Minoan Labyrinth and the heart-pounding thrill of the bull-dancing ring, The Year-God’s Daughter is the first volume of The Child of the Erinyes, a sweeping epic of a series spanning time from the Bronze Age to the near future.
In Rebecca Lochlann’s first novel, we are introduced to Aridela, a young priestess and princess – and to the mysteries of Athene, the inscrutable goddess whose hand guides Aridela’s fate. Aridela is the youngest daughter of the More...
In Rebecca Lochlann’s first novel, we are introduced to Aridela, a young priestess and princess – and to the mysteries of Athene, the inscrutable goddess whose hand guides Aridela’s fate. Aridela is the youngest daughter of the More...
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Jan 08, 2012
Sulari
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In the interests of full disclosure, I read this novel as a manuscript. I was entranced then, and now that I hold the published book in my hands, I continue to be seduced by the vibrant, passionate world that Lochlann creates. The story is one of the grandest scale, encompassing generations and eras. But within that, Lochlann tells the small stories of sacrifice and folly, of passion and loyalty, all coloured from the rich pallette of history. Lochlann's research is only surpassed by her extr
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Jan 16, 2012
Melissa
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I am acquainted with the author via social networking, which should in no way be construed as an admission that the following review is biased. If I don’t like a book, I won’t finish reading it no matter who wrote it.
The Year God’s Daughter is the first in author Rebecca Lochlann’s Child of the Erinyes series. Even without reading the bio on her website, it’s obvious from the first few pages that this is an author who did her research. She spent fifteen years acquainting herself with More...
The Year God’s Daughter is the first in author Rebecca Lochlann’s Child of the Erinyes series. Even without reading the bio on her website, it’s obvious from the first few pages that this is an author who did her research. She spent fifteen years acquainting herself with More...
Dec 26, 2011
Annia
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I was swallowed into Rebecca Lochlann's mythical world right from the very start! The characters were vivid and alive, the scenery and settings described were evocative and real, the pace was perfect - didn't feel like the book sagged one bit! - the writing was good and I felt I was in the hands of an expert writer. I felt sad when the book ended and can't wait for the next one to come out!
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Dec 20, 2011
Phyllis
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Everyone who read Year-God's Daughter before me, has said all that I wanted to say! From the beginning to end I was enthralled and cannot wait til the next one comes out.
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