Because I had already finished the book I had brought with me on the trip, I was grateful for the opportunity to borrow one from the library. The hotel also housed a small library with a colourful selection of books. I first read this book many years ago when I was traveling in Vietnam and stayed at a hotel that belonged to a German-Vietnamese couple. In order to break the spell, she must go on a life-threatening, perilous journey. It now falls upon Sorcha, the only sibling to escape, to fulfil a seemingly impossible task to save her brothers. But their sheltered, peaceful life comes to an abrupt end when their father marries Lady Oonagh, a powerful witch that puts a curse on the family. Young Sorcha, the only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, grows up far from the battlefields together with her six older brothers: Liam, Diarmid, Cormack, Conor, Finbar and Padriac. Set in ancient Ireland, “Daughter of the Forest” unfolds in the 9th century when Celtic chieftains and lords must defend their land against the onslaught of the British. A historical fantasy novel that is loosely based on the legend of the “Children of Lir” and the fairy tale “The Six Swans.” It’s the first book in Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters series.
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