Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, 1)
Juliet Marillier brings us a beautifully re-imagined version of the Six Swans myth in Daughter of the Forest.
Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.
But 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. 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.
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. 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...
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My only fault with this book is the rape scene. I've read in other reviews that it was necessary for the plot development. I would politely beg to differ and say that it is never necessary. It was so graphic that I was almost in physical pain from the tension in my body from reading it, not to mention the tears. Sorcha and her brothers went through enough pain, loss, and suffering that I felt the rape pushed this almost to "put the book down and never pick it back up" territory.
Aside from that, I loved the book. The ending was bitter sweet, which I felt only fitting for a family who had withstood so much hurt; some things cannot be forgotten.
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