Name: Daughter of the Forest
Rating: 4.352941176470588 (68 reviews)
ISBN: 9780007375547

Juliet Marillier

Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum, faces the difficult task of having to save her family from its enemies, who have bewitched her father and six older brothers while forcing her to choose between the life she has always known and a special love.

Daughter of the Forest

Daughter of the Forest is a testimony to an incredible author's talent, a first novel and the beginning of a trilogy like no other: a mixture of history and fantasy, myth and magic, legend and love. 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

Marija

Wonderful book. Really magical and relaxing (some parts are too emotional and I bit my nails while reading =) but still easy to read) since I knew the ending from H.C. Andersen tale.

Maria

3.5 звезды
на самом деле, это была бы совершенно крутая книга, если бы слов в ней было поменьше. я уже говорила, что с детства с ума схожу по этой истории, когда братьев превратили в лебедей, и сестра молча вяжет им рубашки из крапивы. мы знаем ее как сказку андерсена, но оказывается, это старая кельтская легенда, и марильер пересказала ее очень дотошно и подробно. настолько, что читать устаешь - особенно в начале, когда на протяжении сотни страниц не происходит ничего вообще, они просто живут в своем замке, ходят в лес и разговаривают, очень много разговаривают. хотела даже бросить, но слишком уставшая была, чтобы думать, что читать вместо. если бы не куча лишних эпизодов и диалогов, книга получилась бы динамичнее и уж точно более захватывающая. жаль, что этого не вышло, но рубашки из крапивы все равно форева (хоть они тут и НЕ ИЗ КРАПИВЫ, а из другого растения)

Becky

I stayed up until 2am to finish this book and it was totally worth it. I may have had a few doubts when I first started with the slow pace but once the story got going I loved it.

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...

Judy McClure

For years I have avoided, skipped, ignored, put off, overlooked, dismissed etc etc Juliet Marillier's books. Don't ask me why. Basically I'm an idiot!!!

Oh my but I loved this book!!!! Rich, exciting, emotional, riveting. I could not put it down! This book and this author's writing is everything I love most about Fantasy.

Of course now I must have every book she's ever written.

Yep, idiot!!!!

Olivera Mitić

Kad vidim šta sve ljudi hajpuju kao vrhunac fantastike i istorijske fikcije, a da ove knjige nema ni na vidiku, prosto mi bude tužno. Meni nije jasno kako ovo nema veću popularnost i kako do sad neko nije došao da ekranizuje na bilo koji način. Jedino što mi pada na pamet da odvraća ljude od ovog romana je činjenica da je u njegovom srcu jedna pre svega ženska priča, pripovedana iz ženskog ugla, o problemima sa kojima su se žene vekovima susretale i sa kojima će se nažalost verovanto još dugo susretati. Međutim, ako mi ta pretpostavka jeste tačna, onda mogu samo da se ljutim što smo i dalje društvo na nivou seksističke amebe. Kako god bilo, SABERITE SE I ČITAJTE OVO JER JE 5 PLUS.

Nisam skoro čitala nešto što je toliko temeljno u građenju likova, sveta i istorijske podloge, a da pritom ima fenomenalan stil pisanja i neku toplinu i razumevanje svih lepih i svih ružnih stvari ljudskog roda. Daughter of the Forest je prosto izvanredna knjiga i mislim da mi je podigla lestvicu za sve buduće knjige iz ovog žanra koje su mi na spisku za čitanje. Na sve to još možemo da dodamo i da je odličan fairytale retelling i da bajku koju koristi kao temelj priče toliko lepo inkorporira da iako možda od ranije znate o čemu se radi upijate svaku reč kao da je prvi put doživljavate. 

Ne znam, nemam dovoljno hvale. Momentalno mi ulazi u favorite, a ubedljivo je i najbolja stvar koju sam čitala ove godine. 

👏 Juliet 👏 Marillier 👏 is 👏 a 👏 queen 👏

Nickie Mohler

This book is AMAZING!

Sorcha is the only girl out of seven. Growing up with six brothers has made her more tomboyish than girly. She loves her life at Sevenwaters. She grows herbs in her garden, and uses them to heal her people. Otherwise, she is with her brothers. They have an unbreakable bond.

Her happiness is tested when her father takes a new wife. She is evil, and she seems to have some unnatural hold over Sorcha's father. She doesn't like the children, especially Sorcha. As pranks escalate into danger, the brothers know they have to get Sorcha away from Sevenwaters.

They are too late. Attempting to flee, the brothers are cursed by their step-mother. Sorcha is the only one that escapes and, according to the Fair Folk, she is the only one that can break the curse. She has tasks to complete, and she must be silent the whole time. If not, then her brothers will remain cursed forever.

I absolutely loved this book. The characters are so believable and I loved them all. I am not a fan of romance, but the romance was done so well that I enjoyed it.

This is fantasy at its best and I will definitely continue on with this series.

Sofia Pereira

A beautiful world, an amazing story, awesome lore

Kaitlin Gates

A magnificent saga set in the Celtic twilight of 10th century Ireland, when myth was law and magic was a power of nature, brilliantly brought to life: the legendary story of an evil stepmother opposed by a seventh child. A wicked woman, an evil curse, and a love that must triumph over impossible odds Set in the Celtic twilight of ancient Ireland, when myth was law and magic a force of nature, this is the tale of Sorcha, seventh child of a seventh son, the forbidding Lord Colum, and of her six beloved brothers. The keep at Sevenwaters is a remote, strange, quiet place, guarded by silent men who slip through the woodlands clothed in grey, and keep their weapons sharp. For there are invaders outside the forest; raiders from across the seas, Britons and Vikings bent on destruction. But now there is also an invader inside the keep: the Lady Oonagh, a sorceress as fair as day, but with a heart as black as night. Oonagh captivates Lord Colum with her sensual wiles; but she cannot enchant the wary Sorcha. Frustrated in her attempts to destroy the family, Oonagh binds the brothers with a spell that only Sorcha can lift. If she fails, they will die. Then the raiders come, and Sorcha is taken captive. Soon she will find herself torn between her duty to break the curse, and a growing, forbidden love for the warlord who is her captor. Like Marion Zimmer Bradley's MISTS OF AVALON or Jean Auel's CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, this is first-rate historical fantasy that can have the widest possible appeal, taking in also the readership of historical fiction writers like Mary Stewart , Mary Renault and Anya Seton.

Daughter of the Forest

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