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Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn & Grim #1) by Juliet Marillier - GBR - Starting January 1st 2020
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Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?
Has anyone read anything similar to this before?
Anybody read anything else by this author previously?
I've just finished Chapter one. It is pretty well written. But, I couldn't help feel I was in an Elder Scrolls game with the whole starting in a prison and being given a life line. :D
I'm a quarter of the way in. It is really written very well. The narration is told from 3 different points of view which are each very distinguishable and well done. The story is interesting -- even the traveling parts. I hope someone will join me soon who is also reading this.
Over halfway now, just cried my eyes out.
I'm finished the book? What do I do, do I write a review here or link it to my review of the book?
Award-winning author Juliet Marillier "weaves magic, mythology, and folklore into every sentence on the page" (The Book Smugglers). Now she begins an all-new and enchanting series that will transport readers to a magical vision of ancient Ireland...
In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance against the man who destroyed all that she once held dear. Followed by a former prison mate, a silent hulk of a man named Grim, she travels north to Dalriada. There she'll live on the fringe of a mysterious forest, duty bound for seven years to assist anyone who asks for her help.
Oran, crown prince of Dalriada, has waited anxiously for the arrival of his future bride, Lady Flidais. He knows her only from a portrait and sweetly poetic correspondence that have convinced him Flidais is his destined true love. But Oran discovers letters can lie. For although his intended exactly resembles her portrait, her brutality upon arrival proves she is nothing like the sensitive woman of the letters.
With the strategic marriage imminent, Oran sees no way out of his dilemma. Word has spread that Blackthorn possesses a remarkable gift for solving knotty problems, so the prince asks her for help. To save Oran from his treacherous nuptials, Blackthorn and Grim will need all their resources: courage, ingenuity, leaps of deduction, and more than a little magic.