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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was such a wonderful book. Filled with fantastic characters, a wonderful and rich setting, intrigue, adventure and Irish mythology - I enjoyed every page.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Riveting and absolutely incredible. Complex characters that I loved to love and loved to hate, coupled with a brilliantly described historical world absolutely teeming with magic and history.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A beautiful merging of history and myth!
Shauna Lawless has shared her Ireland in such a way that not only was I learning the history but also the culture.
We follow two women of opposing magics while they weave through the lives of the mortals.
Gormflaith is one of the last of the Fomorian, an un-aging people with fire magic. She is ambitious and ruthless, her goal is to see her mortal son a King and to bring the fall of the Tuatha Dé Danann, enemy of her people.
Fódla is a healer of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a supernatural race of Irish myth. She is fearful, meek, subservient to her leader Tomas, and is in mourning of her mortal daughter Aoife. She is sent to spy on King Brian of Munster which she only agrees to in order to help her sister.
I loved seeing Irish history through the eyes of these very different characters. Cannot wait for book two!!
Shauna Lawless has shared her Ireland in such a way that not only was I learning the history but also the culture.
We follow two women of opposing magics while they weave through the lives of the mortals.
Gormflaith is one of the last of the Fomorian, an un-aging people with fire magic. She is ambitious and ruthless, her goal is to see her mortal son a King and to bring the fall of the Tuatha Dé Danann, enemy of her people.
Fódla is a healer of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a supernatural race of Irish myth. She is fearful, meek, subservient to her leader Tomas, and is in mourning of her mortal daughter Aoife. She is sent to spy on King Brian of Munster which she only agrees to in order to help her sister.
I loved seeing Irish history through the eyes of these very different characters. Cannot wait for book two!!
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
One dimensional uninspired characters with zero self awareness who plot and scheme to no end with no signal to the reader as to why we should care at all.
The setting might have been more interesting if it had been treated like a character in the story. Instead what you get are name-drops and generic "it was on a coast", or "they went to an island". I think a river featured once?
The main characters were all reprehensible and acted not only foolishly but also both wildly ignorant and naive of the world. In one sentence a character fears for her life upon glimpsing a sword resting by a fireplace, and in another talks about her good friend, a remarkable warrior who practices blade work daily. Ever other page I stumbled over a new lack of insight.
I'm going to skip the grocery list of a man who represents all that is good and desirable, as well as the detestable supporting cast of male characters, and just say that none of them are men to walk the mountains with.
I'm sure that it isn't the worst book I've read. It was most certainly however, a tough book to finish.
The setting might have been more interesting if it had been treated like a character in the story. Instead what you get are name-drops and generic "it was on a coast", or "they went to an island". I think a river featured once?
The main characters were all reprehensible and acted not only foolishly but also both wildly ignorant and naive of the world. In one sentence a character fears for her life upon glimpsing a sword resting by a fireplace, and in another talks about her good friend, a remarkable warrior who practices blade work daily. Ever other page I stumbled over a new lack of insight.
I'm going to skip the grocery list of a man who represents all that is good and desirable, as well as the detestable supporting cast of male characters, and just say that none of them are men to walk the mountains with.
I'm sure that it isn't the worst book I've read. It was most certainly however, a tough book to finish.
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes