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Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier is one of my all-time favourite books, that I like to re-read every few years. A retelling of the ‘Six Swans’ fairy-tale, set in ancient Ireland, it is a beautiful story of courage, love, peril and wonder set in a world where magic is only ever a hairsbreadth away from us all.
This is the kind of book that reminds me why I love fantasy and folklore. A re-reading for me, but I loved it all over again.
Juliet Marillier brings historical and mythical fiction together with admirable skill. She is masterfully sensitive to the subtleties of of language.
Suggested pairings: The Nettle Spinner by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
“You know not, yet, the sort of love that strikes like a lighting bolt; that clutches you by the heart, as irrevocably as death; that becomes the lodestar by which you steer the rest of your life. I would not wish such love on anyone, man or woman, for it can make your life a paradise, ...more
Suggested pairings: The Nettle Spinner by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
“You know not, yet, the sort of love that strikes like a lighting bolt; that clutches you by the heart, as irrevocably as death; that becomes the lodestar by which you steer the rest of your life. I would not wish such love on anyone, man or woman, for it can make your life a paradise, ...more
Before I was even done with this book, I ordered paperback copies of it and its two sequels so that I could have them all. I don't do that for just any book, you guys. This was beautiful. And harrowing, and cruel, and heartbreaking, the way fairy tales tend to be, but most of all, beautiful, in the simple and honest narration by young Sorcha, Irish daughter of the fairy-magic-tinged forest from many a century ago. Anyone with an affinity for forests, seas, British Isle lore, and/or myths and fai
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Yet another fantasy novel marked as YA when it's so blatantly not! Are people really that daft?
Juliet Marillier is one of my favourite authors, I'll read anything she writes and give 4 or 5 stars every time. ...more
Juliet Marillier is one of my favourite authors, I'll read anything she writes and give 4 or 5 stars every time. ...more
It has been a long time since I've read such a beautiful, lyrical fantasy novel. Just wonderful from start to finish! I can't wait to read more of the series.
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