Juliet Marillier
Paperback | Pages: 554 pages Rating: 4.27 | 52234 Users | 3992 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Daughter of the Forest |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sevenwaters #1 |
| Characters: | Simon Holt, Lord Colum, Hugh of Harrowfield, Liam the God, Lady Anne, Sorcha, Finbar, Diarmid, Padriac, Margery, Fat Janis, Cormack, Father Brian, Seamus Redbeard, Lady Oonagh, Eilis, Richard of Northwoods, Benedict of Greystones, John -- |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2001), ALA Alex Award (2001), Aurealis Award Nominee for Fantasy Novel (1999) |
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Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift-by staying silent. If she speaks before she completes the quest set to her by the Fair Folk and their queen, the Lady of the Forest, she will lose her brothers forever.
When Sorcha is kidnapped by the enemies of Sevenwaters and taken to a foreign land, she is torn between the desire to save her beloved brothers, and a love that comes only once. Sorcha despairs at ever being able to complete her task, but the magic of the Fair Folk knows no boundaries, and love is the strongest magic of them all...
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| Title | : | Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1) |
| Author | : | Juliet Marillier |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 554 pages |
| Published | : | February 18th 2002 by Tom Doherty Associates (first published April 1st 1999) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fairy Tales. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 52234 Users | 3992 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1)
I am a great lover of fantasy but I am discovering that I prefer my fantasy books to be original and not based on fairy tales. (One notable exception being Cinder and its sequels). Fairy tales are known for their cruelty and hardship and Daughter of the Forest is quite relentless in this respect. It may be that the book was just a bit too long and Sorcha's tedious task seemed to take forever. However I was uncomfortable with several of the scenes and wished they had not occurred. I won't beReal life is not quite as it is in stories. In the old tales, bad things happen, and when the tale has unfolded and come to its triumphant conclusion, it is as if the bad things had never been. Life is not as simple as that, not quite.The above quote, hands down, sums up Daughter of the Forest for me. Yes, this is a fairy tale, but it also speaks truth about life: about how once you go forward, you cannot go back to the beginningbecause things are never the same again. This holds true for the
I want to call this book a combination of Kushiel's Dart and Assassin's Apprentice. But in reality, Daughter of the Forest is a category all its own. A gorgeous mix of historical fiction and fantasy, an insightful heros journey with a dash of romance. Its been some time since Ive had the pleasure of reading a book so deserving of five stars.Sorcha, daughter of the forest, tells her own tale in this book about an ancient Celtic/British feud and the magical undertones that influence it. She is
4.7 starsAside from a couple of minor qualms, Daughter of the Forest is pretty much an example of an almost perfect debut novel.This book is a beautiful retelling of the Celtic "Swans" myth, which has been familiar to me since childhood through the Hans Christian Andersen's version - The Wild Swans. Sorcha is the seventh child and the only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. When Colum remarries after being widowed for almost 13 years, the evil stepmother (and witch) puts a dreadful spell on
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads4.5 starsEverything I could tell you about Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier can be summed up in a single paragraph from the story itself: If I were telling this tale, and it were not my own, I would give it a neat, satisfying ending . . . In such stories, there are no loose ends. There are no unraveled edges and crooked threads. Daughters do not give their hearts to the enemy. The wicked do not simply disappear, taking with them the satisfaction of vengeance.
I loved Daughter of the Forest. The bucolic, fairytale-like atmosphere. The rich, impossibly vivid evocations of the twisted, unforgiving Irish wilderness. And the writing. Oh, it was so lush. The words unfurling, as delicate as wildflowers. Buds of descriptions swelling and flourishing, spilling richness forth. There was something about the writing that was indescribably alive. Something that thrived and blossomed, rising and bursting forthlike a forest, wild and untamed. And like a forest, it
What a fabulous start to what I hope is going to be a 5 star series. One of my favorite books so far this year!
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