In THE WELL OF SHADES, the last and third volume of THE BRIDEI CHRONICLES by author Juliet Marillier again makes Faolan a chief player. This time his love interest is the fierce […]
THE WELL OF SHADES (BRIDEI #3) by Juliet Marillier
THE BLADE OF FORTRIU (BRIDEI #2) by Juliet Marillier
THE BLADE OF FORTRIU, the second volume of THE BRIDEI CHRONICLES (THE DARK MIRROR is the first volume) pairs the intriguing spy and assassin Faolan, with a minor character from King Bridei’s […]
THE DARK MIRROR (BRIDEI #1) by Juliet Marillier
It is always so hard to write about Juliet Marillier, because her talent places her in a class by herself. This book has the mystery, the magic and the engrossing worldview of […]
Juliet Marillier’s CYBELE’S SECRET (WILDWOOD #2)
The sequel to WILDWOOD DANCING, this novel is in a very different key. The supernatural elements present in WILDWOOD DANCING are contained in CYBELE’S SECRET. WILDWOOD retells fairy tales, CYBELE’S SECRET is […]
Juliet Marillier’s WILDWOOD DANCING (WILDWOOD #1)
This is such a charming story, for both young folk and adult alike. Taking the well-known fairy tales of THE FROG PRINCE and THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, author Juliet Marilier puts her […]
Juliet Marillier’s HEART’S BLOOD
HEARTS BLOOD by Juliet Marillier is her retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, but she makes this story so much her own, I actually didn’t recognize the original tale, only learning that […]
EMPRESS by Shan Sa
This fictionalized biography of the Empress Wu (17 February 624 to 16 December 705 CE) aka Wu Zetian, Wu Zhao, Wu Hou (Empress Wu) or Tian Hou (Empress Tian) shows the unbelievable […]
FLAME OF SEVENWATERS (SEVENWATERS #6) by Juliet Marillier
I loved FLAME OF SEVENWATERS. Author Juliet Marillier did a wonderfully sensitive job with disability. If one is a differently-abled person it is more difficult to find the things in life that […]
HEIR TO SEVENWATERS (SEVENWATERS #4) by Juliet Marillier
HEIR TO SEVENWATERS is the fourth volume in what was originally meant to be the Sevenwaters Trilogy. But author Juliet Marillier created such an evocative landscape with such interesting characters that readers […]
Juliet Marillier’s CHILD OF THE PROPHECY (SEVENWATERS #3)
CHILD OF THE PROPHECY is the third book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy. Told from the point of view of Fainne, daughter of Niamh and Ciaran, it tells of a sad tale of […]
Juliet Marillier’s SON OF THE SHADOWS (SEVENWATERS #2)
I didn’t think it possible that Juliet Marillier could top her achievement of DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST, the first of the Sevenwaters Trilogy, which is also a re-telling of the Grimm’s Fairy […]
Juliet Marillier’s DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (SEVENWATERS #1)
It takes eight pages for conflict to erupt in DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST, for the first plot point to be anchored to the story, when Finbur quietly defies his father’s anger and […]
THE LANTERN BEARERS (DOLPHIN RING CYCLE #4) by Rosemary Sutcliff
THE LANTERN BEARERS is set roughly 300 years after her first, THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH in around 427 CE. 18-year-old Aquila is just starting out on life, and has spent a […]
FRONTIER WOLF by Rosemary Sutcliff (DOLPHIN RING CYCLE #3)
Rosemary Sutcliff’s FRONTIER WOLF concerns a young man, Alexios, who is in his early twenties. He is given the responsibility of commanding a unit in what is now Germany, but when the […]
Victoria Holt’s MISTRESS OF MELLYN
Mistress of Mellyn really creeped me out. There I was sitting up in bed at midnight, the dark only relieved by the light from my iPad screen. And I really felt uncomfortable. […]
Rosemary Sutcliff’s THE SILVER BRANCH (DOLPHIN RING CYCLE #2)
THE SILVER BRANCH is set about 200 years after THE EAGLE. Marcus Flavius Aquila’s namesake grandson (called Flavius rather than Marcus) and his cousin Justin come across something that points to treason […]
THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH (DOLPHIN RING CYCLE #1)
No-one knows what really happened to the Ninth Legion, the Hispana. All that is known is that it marched north into what is now Scotland to deal with the Painted People, and […]
A fairy tale set in the years 1859 to 1870 in Germany…(ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON)
ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON by Victoria Holt is a fairy tale set in the years 1859 to 1870 in Germany. A young English girl gets lost in the mists […]
