Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1)
Juliet Marillier
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 206 ratings · 669 pages · Published: 01 Apr 1999
Lord Colum of Sevenwaters is blessed with six sons: Liam, a natural leader; Diarmid, with his passion for adventure; twins Cormack and Conor, each with a different calling; rebellious Finbar, grown old before his time by his gift of the Sight; and the young, compassionate Padriac.
But it is Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter, who alone is destined to defend her family and protect her land from the Britons and the clan known as Northwoods. For her father has been bewitched, and her brothers bound by a spell that only Sorcha can lift.
To reclaim the lives of her brothers, Sorcha leaves the only safe place she has ever known, and embarks on a journey filled with pain, loss, and terror.
When she is kidnapped by enemy forces and taken to a foreign land, it seems that there will be no way for her to break the spell that condemns all that she loves. But magic knows no boundaries, and Sorcha will have to choose between the life she has always known and a love that comes only once.
Juliet Marillier is a rare talent, a writer who can imbue her characters and her story with such warmth, such heart, that no reader can come away from her work untouched.
Tagged as:
- fantasy 28
- magic 25
- medieval 25
- slow burn 22
- fae 20
- take-charge heroine 19
- witches 18
- tortured heroine 18
- high fantasy 16
- historical 16
- sweet/gentle heroine 16
- enemies to lovers 13
- paranormal 12
- mystery 12
- sweet/gentle hero 12
- abduction 10
- dark romance 9
- marriage of convenience 9
- age gap 9
- angst 9
- height difference 9
- forbidden love 8
- gifted/super-heroine 8
- war 8
- friends to lovers 8
- independent heroine 7
- shapeshifters 6
- forced proximity 6
- competent heroine 6
- rich hero 6
- fighter hero 5
- hurt/comfort 5
- caretaking 5
- aristo/royal heroine 4
- virgin heroine 4
- survival 3
- royal hero 3
- multicultural 3
- young adult 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 29
- abuse 21
- death / grief 11
- animal death 11
- animal abuse 6
- suicide / ideation 6
- nontraditional hea 4
- geography
- ireland 7
- british isles 6
- europe 6
- united kingdom 5
- england 5
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 7
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The 'Sevenwaters' series
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