Marillier knows how to make appeal to her readers’ emotions, and she doesn’t do it in an exploitative way. On an intellectual level, I enjoyed this book very much-I believe that this is a truly wonderful piece of historical fantasy, and I would certainly not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.ĭaughter of the Forest is slow-moving, with a languid pace that seems to lull the reader along the story, although the scenes themselves are intense and vivid, and utterly heartbreaking. In a story that is complex and masterfully told, Juliet Marillier retells Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans and/or the Brothers Grimm’s The Six Swans in a way that is beautiful and haunting. 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.
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