A review by lady_svoboda
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

5.0

I loved 90% of this book, but I'm still going to put it on my "favourites" shelf. I love the idea of combining a fairytale with historical fiction. I thought the world-building was excellent, and all of the siblings characters fleshed out well. I couldn't put the book down, and even read it with a headache because I was so hooked. My only bone of contention was the one character, let's call him "the uncle." I thought he came off very 2-dimensional, and his revealing of most of the plot to the heroine was very "James Bond villain" cliche, where he feels he has won so he tells her his entire evil plan. It took me out of the narrative, which was disappointing. But Marillier won me back after his portion was finished. Other than the uncle, I thought this book was wonderful, imaginative, and even gut-wrenching at times. Very well done.