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Summary: Took a Chance & LOVED it!
Review: When I picked up this book I had never heard of Juliet Marillier but now that I have read this book I am hooked on her! She has a way of making you feel like you are going through the triles & joys of the heroine. I wanted to laugh & cry through out this book and I am not one to usually do something like that! I loved the touch of romance that was in it it truly rounded out the story and made it complete. If course the story is not completly over...we have to see what happens in the 2nd & 3rd books. I am working on them RIGHT now!
P.S. I would deffinatly recomend this book! :)
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Summary: A brilliant, creative adaptation
Review: The plot of this story, and the series in general is really amazing. Marillier took a well known fairy tale, the six swans, and gave it a real, multiple-dimentioned world to take place in. The characters are real, both lovable and despisable and easy to sympathize with. They're written as if real people. The next book in the Sevenwaters trilogy, Son of the Shadows, is even better and more exciting. And if you're a sucker for romance like me, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: WARNING! Should come with a box of tissues.
Review: A real tear-jerker. I was sobbing by the middle of the book because of Sorcha's miseries. A well-written book. The characters are vivid. My only complaint is that books of this type and length wear me out without a little "comic relief" (for want of a better term).
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Summary: A re-telling of one of my favorite fairy tales
Review: Young Sorcha is the 7th child and only daughter in her family. She loves her six other brothers and cherishes each of them in their own way. But her life is changed forever when she helps a young Briton soldier (her supposed enemy) from torture and death. In the few short weeks she stays with him she manages to gain his trust and keep him alive. Although she's certain she'll never see him again she has more pressing matters. Her farther is remarrying the lady Oonagh, and the first time Sorcha sets her sights on them she can feel that she is evil. Her suspicions are confirmed when her evil stepmother punishes all of her brothers by turning them into 6 swans, only having the ability to take on their human forms twice a year. Sorcha is shocked when she discovers that she is their only hope. If she can weave 6 shirts out of sharp nettles while keeping silent until her task is complete, the spell will be broken. But Sorcha's task is hindered quickly when she is captured by the enemy, the Britons and is brought out of Ireland into their home lands. Here she is viewed as a demon, a witch, and she's in more danger than she ever would have expected.I was thrilled with this book. Growing up The Wild Swans (also called the eleven/six swans) was one of my favorite fairy tales and I was glad to see it being retold with such beauty (the cover illustration even looks like the heroine I always pictured). Daughter of the forest weaves fairy tales, fantasy, suspense, Irish history, and a dash of romance into a well crafted story that I really enjoyed. If you're a fan of fairy tales or just good stories read this book. I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy (Son of Shadows and Child of the Prophecy).
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Summary: Wonderful story.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I happend to pick it up by chance and couldn't put it down. My emotions were so stired up, it made me laugh and cry.I wont say anything about the story as every-one else already has but this book is so beautifully written and easy to read you'll think your right there with them all (or at least wish you were!)Well done! I hope to see ALOT more from Juliet Marilliar.
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Summary: Wild Swans
Review: _Daughter of the Forest_ was a beautiful retelling of the various "Wild Swans" fairytales that exist in northern Europe. The characterisation of all characters in this story was monumental, building seperate identities for each of the six brothers, as well as making the Lady Oonagh a belivable and deadly vilaness. The story was told with a sense of urgency that pulled me from page to page, wanting to find out What Happens Next, even though the most cursory familiarity with the fairytale origins will tell the reader what the overarching plot line is. The detail in this book is like a series of drawings on transparancies, building up to give a sense of depth and contour. I would recomend this book to anyone willing to accept magical realism in their literature, not just the 'fantasy' audience. Sort of Isabelle Allende for 10th century Ireland
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Summary: SUPREMELY MAGNIFICENT BOOK!
Review: This is the first book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy and a brilliat one at that. Sorcha (pronounced Soara) is the daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. She enjoys her simple life with her six brothers at evenwaters. She could never expect what was coming to her.
Lady Oonagh moves in and the family is cursed. Lead by the Fair Folk, Sorcha has to sacrifice herself to save her brothers. Along the way she goes through many things and also finds love.
It was a moving book and I loved it soooo much! I recommend it, and the rest of the trilogy, Son of the Shadows and Child of the Prophecy, to anyone who loves fantasy novels!
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Summary: very, very, very good.
Review: I have never read such a good book in my entire life. Daughter of the forest was deeply emotional and touching and it changed me in a way I though never possible from a book. I liked the love story that went along with the touching tale, although I thought that Sorcha and Simon should have had some future. I would reccomend this book to everyone. I loved it so much.
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful
Review: I loved this book! Originally I picked it up as a ward against boredom at my Aunt and Uncle's house, but I quickly realized that I'd made a good choice. This is a masterful retelling of a fairy tale that I at least loved when I was younger. The characters are intense and deep, and it's easy to relate with them. I found myself so deep in the story that I was unwilling to speak (since that is the curse laid upon Sorcha, the heroine), and by the end, after reading over half the book in one day, at 11:30 pm, I found myself crying, which is something I don't usually do, not only out of sadness, but happiness as well. I highly reccomend this book, and look forward to reading more by Juliet, especially since this is her debut.
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Summary: I wish I could give it 10 stars....
Review: If the phrase 'painting a picture with words' was never true, it is true now because of this book. Juliet Marillier is quite the adept painter with words in fact and spinner of fantastic tales. Like a spider slowly weaving it's web about an unsuspecting insect, the story of Sorcha, a young girl who goes through many trials to save her six dear brothers from a wretched step mother's spell, enwraps you slowly so you are unaware that you have been caught until it is so late at night that you have realized you have read 'til the next morning. This is truly a wonderful tale told in the time of the early days of Ireland when the feud between the 'Britons' and Irish has just so recently begun, when the Faery Folk are as real as the computer screen before you and when loyalty actually counted for something. This book is truly worth the read. In fact, it is one of the best I have read in a long time. So if you haven't caught on for some odd reason that you should at least read (if not buy) this book... READ IT!
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