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The Legendary Sidhe Saga #1
Bluebell Cottage
Keely McCree needs to escape a painful memory, so she traces her family back to Ireland.
Her idea of relaxation and going on lots of walks around the park with her dog Tina are unexpectedly shattered as she tumbles head first into a world unknown. Before long Keely becomes the unwitting cause of a great war between the Irish and Welsh Fairy tribes.
A meeting with a dark handsome stranger, a deceitful friend and a journey into a mythical land could leave Keely with the hardest decision to make of her life.
Follow Keely as battles between different worlds commence, choices need to be made and fantasy stories become real life.
Her idea of relaxation and going on lots of walks around the park with her dog Tina are unexpectedly shattered as she tumbles head first into a world unknown. Before long Keely becomes the unwitting cause of a great war between the Irish and Welsh Fairy tribes.
A meeting with a dark handsome stranger, a deceitful friend and a journey into a mythical land could leave Keely with the hardest decision to make of her life.
Follow Keely as battles between different worlds commence, choices need to be made and fantasy stories become real life.
- GenresFantasy
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2010
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About the author
Heather M.J.L. Watson
2 books2 followersDaughter of former England International Footballer Dave Watson and born on May 16th 1972, Heather is a 37 year old single mother, who after reading Stephenie Meyers, Twilight Saga was inspired to write her first novel. The book 'Bluebell Cottage' is based on a reoccuring dream Heather experienced over a three month period. 'I felt so compelled to share the story with others that it has all but taken over my life." Heather's first book will hopefully be released later this year and will be followed by two others forming a trilogy. "I already have enough of the story in my head for three novels and the ideas just keep coming, I have no idea where from!"
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April 1, 2011
This book is wrong in many ways, not wrong as in bad, because it isn't bad per say. The first problem with it is that (well in the shop I bought it from) it's aimed at 9-12. If you're 9-12 don't buy it. The main character is mid 30s and it's pretty hard to get into her head since she's older and why she's moving to Ireland. I also found some of the references to modern things slightly annoying, that may be a personal thing but yeah. It was pretty slow at points too and it just isn't the best book I've ever read. Sorry if you liked it but I didn't find it that enticing.
August 17, 2012
this book was a bit dull. it was slow to start and then never really took off. the author seemed to have a knack for detailing the unimportant, like Keely's uneventful days and then brushes over some of the important events. the love story was never developed. they just happen to fall in love. the author writes a montage of their weeks together in a paragraph or two, so you never develop any feeling for them. who cares if they end up together or not! there is poor imagery. the book seems like a summary of the story leaving out all the interesting details. highly NOT recommended.
September 2, 2014
Considering it is only just over 200 pages long, I thought I'd finish it in no time at all and thought it the perfect companion for my 7-8 hour train journey to Wales last Friday. Turns out, it took me a lot longer to read as it was slow going and didn't really pick up the pace.
It is written in first person from two people's point of view, which I like -mostly Keely's, though, but Rob has a brief spot- but my problem is, they are both written in exactly the same way! If it hadn't stated that Rob was talking about Keely then you wouldn't be able to tell the two apart. If it is going to be written in first person from two people's POV then at least inject a little personality so that the reader can tell the difference between the two. Ugh! The romance between Keely and Regan (a handsome Irish Sidhe prince) was developed too quickly, as was Rob's unrequited love for Keely - and he fell out of love just as quickly. I felt that the characters conceded far too easily. This happened many times throughout the book which got really annoying. For example, Rob is being held captive by Mab, the Welsh Sidhe queen. He hadn't made a decision about becoming her slave and demands to see Keely who is being held captive elsewhere. Mab simply replies, "Robert, if I agree to let you see Keely, afterwards you must make your decision. Is that clear?" To which he replies, "Crystal!" I was expecting more of a fight, you know? More of an argument. Speaking of "fight", there was meant to be this big showdown between the Irish and the Welsh sidhe but you don't get to see any of this as both Keely and Rob are safely tucked up back home in the human world. Instead, this is very briefly recounted by Keely's love interest, Regan, upon his return from fighting in the battle. I was gutted by this as it was so anticlimactic. I was expecting to be right in the thick of it, experiencing what the characters were experiencing throughout the fight, but nope, it was nothing like that.
I really, really wanted to like this but I didn't. :( I was so disappointed. I thought the idea behind the story was great and was really looking forward to reading it as I love reading about the Sidhe, but the content was weak and bland. Reading it was kinda like reading a first draft of a story before the author then goes back through it to pad it out and add more depth, detail and character development to the story. So much more detail could have gone into this. Especially the mythological background of the Sidhe. I was looking forward to that more than anything else. It's such a shame the book was a letdown because there was potential there for it to be amazing.
It is written in first person from two people's point of view, which I like -mostly Keely's, though, but Rob has a brief spot- but my problem is, they are both written in exactly the same way! If it hadn't stated that Rob was talking about Keely then you wouldn't be able to tell the two apart. If it is going to be written in first person from two people's POV then at least inject a little personality so that the reader can tell the difference between the two. Ugh! The romance between Keely and Regan (a handsome Irish Sidhe prince) was developed too quickly, as was Rob's unrequited love for Keely - and he fell out of love just as quickly. I felt that the characters conceded far too easily. This happened many times throughout the book which got really annoying. For example, Rob is being held captive by Mab, the Welsh Sidhe queen. He hadn't made a decision about becoming her slave and demands to see Keely who is being held captive elsewhere. Mab simply replies, "Robert, if I agree to let you see Keely, afterwards you must make your decision. Is that clear?" To which he replies, "Crystal!" I was expecting more of a fight, you know? More of an argument. Speaking of "fight", there was meant to be this big showdown between the Irish and the Welsh sidhe but you don't get to see any of this as both Keely and Rob are safely tucked up back home in the human world. Instead, this is very briefly recounted by Keely's love interest, Regan, upon his return from fighting in the battle. I was gutted by this as it was so anticlimactic. I was expecting to be right in the thick of it, experiencing what the characters were experiencing throughout the fight, but nope, it was nothing like that.
I really, really wanted to like this but I didn't. :( I was so disappointed. I thought the idea behind the story was great and was really looking forward to reading it as I love reading about the Sidhe, but the content was weak and bland. Reading it was kinda like reading a first draft of a story before the author then goes back through it to pad it out and add more depth, detail and character development to the story. So much more detail could have gone into this. Especially the mythological background of the Sidhe. I was looking forward to that more than anything else. It's such a shame the book was a letdown because there was potential there for it to be amazing.
April 9, 2014
I thought this would be a perfect little book for me since it involves the Sihde fairy. But I just could't get into it at all.
The plot was good and the character's were interesting and although the writing style was easy to digest I felt it was very detached. There was nothing there to make me get really into the story or the characters for me it felt a bit like someone was telling a tale they just didn't want to tell. I feel really let down by this book as I had high exceptions after reading it's Blurb. Shame really because I did like where the story was going.
The plot was good and the character's were interesting and although the writing style was easy to digest I felt it was very detached. There was nothing there to make me get really into the story or the characters for me it felt a bit like someone was telling a tale they just didn't want to tell. I feel really let down by this book as I had high exceptions after reading it's Blurb. Shame really because I did like where the story was going.
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