Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, #1)
Format: Turtleback
ISBN:
9780606246170 (0606246177)
Publish date: April 28th 2002
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 411
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
High Fantasy,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Fairy Tales,
Ireland
Series: Sevenwaters (#1)
It's that time of year again! Happy Holidays to everyone! Or rather, a belated Merry Christmas, as this review came out a few days later than I'd planned. Of course, it also gave me a chance to include my 100th read book this year, Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets. This is a feature I've been hop...
This story has a fairy tale tone, sort of like The Mists of Avalon or Snow White. In some ways it's very magical and has the feel of being set in a mock-Ireland that is at war with the English. The main character is the seventh child of a seventh son and has healing abilities that are used to help...
This book reminded me of why I used to love fantasy so much.*Reading this, I felt totally immersed in Marillier's world, which she accomplishes by choosing just the right details about her settings and characters to convey. All of Sorcha's six older brothers are realistically drawn and distinct from...
This is...a surprisingly popular book, given that it's much denser, laboriously written, and slower-paced than most YA. I don't say this to be demeaning, just that I had a bit of a struggle reading this, and mostly persevered for the sake of following through with the fairy tale, as this is based on...
I have three words to describe this book....beautiful, heartbreaking and enchanting! Okay maybe four words if you count and... This book is something special and it has made its way to my "favorite books ever" shelf! If this is a book you're interested in then stop right now and read it. It'...
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