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A review by winterreader40
The Devil's Diadem by Sara Douglass
5.0
We follow Maeb as she relates the story of her life on her death bed, from when she becomes a member of the countess of Pengraic's household after her father dies leaving her nothing but his name right up till what happens after her death(as related by another).
When a very specific, very strange(end game being you spontaneously combust or die of fright) plague starts causing the death of virtually everyone in it's path, they travel to the Welsh marshes to try to escape it's wrath but it follows them. Maeb's mother's bloodline, who was one of the Old Ones (the Sidhe) protects her, even though she doesn't understand why. She becomes the new Countess after the plague passes. The plague is searching for the devil's diadem, it was stolen from him and he wants it back.
The true identity of the Earl and what several of the other characters become was amazing.
I love Sara Douglass's world and character building and I'm kinda sad that this is one of the last if not the last time I'll get to read one of her stories for the first time.
When a very specific, very strange(end game being you spontaneously combust or die of fright) plague starts causing the death of virtually everyone in it's path, they travel to the Welsh marshes to try to escape it's wrath but it follows them. Maeb's mother's bloodline, who was one of the Old Ones (the Sidhe) protects her, even though she doesn't understand why. She becomes the new Countess after the plague passes. The plague is searching for the devil's diadem, it was stolen from him and he wants it back.
The true identity of the Earl and what several of the other characters become was amazing.
I love Sara Douglass's world and character building and I'm kinda sad that this is one of the last if not the last time I'll get to read one of her stories for the first time.