But despite the first person narrative, there was always some distance between me and Sorcha. I love how they focus on characters instead of action, how deep they let us get into the protagonist’s head. To say this is a slow book would be an understatement. The execution of the tale was well done but didn’t sweep me off my feet. A retelling of The Six Swans set in Ireland and involving a romance as well as the horrible task our heroine has to complete in order to save her brothers – there is so much potential there, I simply couldn not resist. A combination of the two usually guarantees that I will go out and buy a book, and almost none came as highly recommended as Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters series. Mythology in all its shapes and forms intrigues me.

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… 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. 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. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.īut 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. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. She’s one of those people who inspire passion for a book you’ve never even heard of before.įirst sentence: Three children lay on the rocks at the water’s edge. I highly recommend you check out Misty’s youtube channel. This year, I was lucky enough to be chosen as an active participant (rather than just read a retelling for myself). She has thing for everything fairy tale-esque and hosts an annual Fairy Tale Fortnight – two weeks of reading fairy tales, retellings, or anything else to do with fairy tales. If you like fairy tales or retellings, there is a good chance you’ve heard of Misty the Book Rat.

Sorcha daughter of the forest