This was my first from the Sevenwaters books. And probably the last one - although reading the critical reviews I see that the previous ones are considered better, so maybe i´ll try once more. The story incorporates a fairy tale/legend about changing child for a otherworld creature - and having t...
When we begin the story, Neryn is a poor vagrant travelling with her father, and alcoholic with a severe gambling addiction. Her situation quickly changes, however, and she is thrust into a mysterious man’s protection, only to run away to the North, where she expects to find a refuge that may or ...
erm. i don't like maeve that much. kinda hate how she jumps to conclusions about her young brother's behaviour. but if that's the point of her character, then it's well done.plot-wise i don't feel very excited, until the end where mac dara's story reaches its conclusion (this isn't a spoiler, is ...
Wow! My Sevenwaters journey is over. There were some hits and misses along the way, but this was definitely a hit. I loved the story of Maeve and what she'd been through. It was intriguing to read about how she physically and mentally dealt with her injury. I loved her friendship with her maid an...
I absolutely loved this book. I had an inkling.. and i can't tell you because I would hate to spoil a wonderful read. The only thing I find a little bit disappointing with all J. Marillier's books is that she raps them up very quickly and simply at the end... after such great writing throughout t...
Is a great continuation of the first book of this series, Shadowfell. The relationship of Neryn and Flint grows a little and you see a deeper resolution in Neryn. As usual Juliet can make you feel the seasons as your own. Still the time flows in this book slowly. One of the things I like more in ...
Loved the Seven waters series. I may read it again over the holidays. Some great characters and the story was enthralling with some great twists, turns and surprises.
Just read Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier on my iPad and enjoyed it just as much as the first called Shadowfell. I have now downloaded the third called The Caller and already read the prologue. This series is coupled by interesting characters, smouldering love, a quest to win Alban back to its f...
This second book in the Shadowfell series was pretty good. I think in some ways it was less engaging than the first. Neryn must travel to the west and the north to learn from some of the "Big Ones" about how to use her powers. A lot of explanation is provided as to the why and wherefore of the ki...
At first, I wasn't expecting Heir to Sevenwaters to be great. The first two in the series made a place in my heart forever, while the third, while good, didn't have the same effect. Knowing that Clodagh, our main lead here, didn't possess any magical talent like her predecessors made me doubt the...
I liked Clodagh for the first half of the book, until she turned into a weeping damsel in distress. I'm going to finish this series because I need to see how it ends, but for those first starting, take heed: This is mostly trope romance with a dash of fantasy, rather than the other way around. Th...
Well my guess for what would happen in the next book didn't come about. I'm sure that it will be in the last book, at least I hope so. It's a little slow, but I liked it. I have read other books with Selkies in them and I guessed from the first that Svala was a selkie. **stop here for spoiler...
Fast-paced and poignant, "Twixt Firelight and Water" gripped me till me the end of the meagre number of pages. In contrast to Marillier's trilogy, this narrative is a short story. Thus, every word, every sentence is used effectively to develop the plot. Conri is the eldest son of Lady Oonagh, the...
You know how when you get into a reading slump and even though the books are decent, you kinda hate everything for not being totally PERFECT? That's how I've been this last month. I've read some decent stuff but nothing that made me cling to my kindle and want to stay up all night reading. Happil...
After my ever-so-slightly-disappointed encounter with Son of the Shadows, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Wolfskin. It can be a painful process to read the work of a beloved author with the knowledge that the novel in your hands is good, but it isn’t the outstanding masterpiece you wer...
Depois dos acontecimentos decorridos em O Espelho Negro, este livro apresenta-nos uma história diferente. Cinco anos passados desde os acontecimentos anteriores, A Espada de Fortriu não só nos dá a conhecer a nova vida de Bridei e Tuala como se centra em duas das anteriores personagens secundária...
I read this a long time ago, but for some reason could not remember what it was about (you know how it is) and so I read it again, because I wanted to read the next two books in the series. I actually found out, I have read the next one, but didn't know it until I saw the name Faolan in The Dark ...
Ironically enough, I wound up loving Child of the Prophecy more than its predecessor, Son of the Shadows. For many, this original concluding foray into Sevenwaters was a disappointment, sadly lacking in comparison to the beauty that was Daughter of the Forest and the epic that was Son of the Shad...
Preparada para desfrutar de excelentes leituras, afinal encontro um novo lar!Outrora desvendei intrigas, suportadas por ambições cegas, e conheci um homem com uma desconfiança que só igualava em tamanho o seu poder e riqueza. Neste terceiro e, actualmente, último volume das Crónicas de Bridei a t...
Since I reviewed Daughter of the Forest a few weeks back, it seemed only right to close the year out with the sequel. Just another one of those perfect books I read before I started reviewing books and then sort of shied away from reviewing because it's well nigh impossible to do justice to a boo...
I've read nearly all of Marillier's books, loving the Sevenwaters trilogy and having mixed feelings about the others. I have not read Wolfskin, the prequel to Foxmask, but read this one anyway because so many of Marillier's fans adore it. My reaction: mixed. This book is a good example of Marilli...
Such a disappointment. Cybele's Secret had none of the magic and strong female character Wildwood Dancing presented. Paula's attempts to look smart are laughable at best. I managed to read 300 freaking pages and it got painfully obvious how this will going to end. When I realized the lack of enjo...
Juliet Mariller escribió una novela inolvidable. Con una prosa colorida y una imaginación desbordante, ha creado un mundo, el reino de Sieteaguas, el último enclave irlandés, que se mantiene al margen de las invasiones de sajones y britanos gracias a la protección de una impenetrable espesura. En...
It was made harder by the knowledge that I’d likely not have time to return to Shadowfell before midsummer and the challenge to Keldec. Our army, such as it was, would not be marching openly to the Gathering. Instead we would travel there as ordinary folk of Alban, taking to the road along with t...
In the mornings the ground was crisp with frost, and the eaves of the barn sparkled with icicles. It had been hard enough in the warmer weather of autumn for my swollen hands to manipulate distaff and spindle, to pass the shuttle through the loom, to thread a needle for the final sewing. Now I fe...
It was too wet to ride out to the settlement. Besides, I could not fix a day for the ritual until we were fairly sure of a dry spell, so there was no point in issuing invitations. It was too wet to gather herbs. It was too wet to do much at all. Cooped up indoors and unable to achieve anything, I...
I had long been an early riser, and now, in the quiet time before the household began to stir, I allowed myself to read Anluan’s record of my summer at Whistling Tor, the summer that had changed my life and his. One page a day; I would not let myself read faster. I savored each surprising entry, ...
That’s wrong: we’d proved it. We’d kept ours for years and years, ever since we came to live at Piscul Dracului and stumbled on the way into the Other Kingdom. Nobody knew about it—not Father, not our housekeeper, Florica, or her husband, Petru, not Uncle Nicolae or Aunt Bogdana or their son, Cez...