I feel like I’ve recommended nearly all the books I’ve read lately, but I think I might just be on a lucky streak. Usually I am not that happy with a lot of the books I’ve read, so please don’t think I blog only about the good ones.
This book is actually based on a fairy tale. It took me some time before I realized it. This is not a well known fairy tale. I think I had just read it once or twice when I read books of fairy tales in my youth. This is the fairy tale of 7 children, 6 brothers and 1 sister. The brothers are turned into swans, and the sister must spin and make 6 shirts of a thorny plant to break the spell. She cannot speak while she makes the shirts either, so you can imagine that all kinds of things happen to her. Not all of them were good, but none were so bad (or so vividly described) that I could not go on reading.
This was a very good book. It was suspenseful, not too violent, and still wonderfully told. I like fantasy books where the main character is a female. There are way too few of them. There are some Druids in this book, and a magical forest. No leprechauns though, just in case Wayne and Garth read this blog. I kinda feel like there ought to be.
Since I would read this book again for pure enjoyment, it must get 5 stars.
Becky | 30-Aug-07 at 8:09 am | Permalink
Darcy, I highly agree, this is one of my favorite books as well. However, I must warn you–do yourself a favor and DON’T read the sequel! I like to pretend I haven’t.