This was so much a Juliet Marillier story. So far, I enjoy everything I've read of hers. This one seemed to go on a bit to long in the descriptions of the other world creatures haunting Tuala. I felt that it was too much, over & over again. I do love fantasy stories & Juliet does a great job of putting those words on paper.

Juliet Marillier has reached the point of truth in the battle between patriarchal and matriarchal issues in the evolution of societies in this beautifully woven tale of Bridei and Tuala. Not since The Mist's of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley and the Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte have I read such a compelling tale. The truth of non-fiction is often overshadowed by the "reality" of fiction. The descrition of the topography and rituals adds to the enchantment and veracity of a tale well told. I am eager for the second book of the trilogy.

Juliette Marillier writes wonderful stories that take historical settings, folklore, romance, adventure, intrigue and suspense, all wrapped into the most beautiful stories I've read. The style in which she writes allows you to imagine so much so that you can really get wrapped into the stories. I can never put her books down. The characters are well developed, interesting, exciting, and can really capture your heart. Did I mention I hate reading? Before this author I never read unless required by school. I would recommend these books to EVERYONE. I LOVE THEM!!! I have read 13 of Marillier's books, and I'll keep reading them as long as she keeps writing them.

At this point I just did not care any more about the characters. As someone else said, the book was just drowning in details - it could have been shortened by at least 150 pages. But I wanted to like this book because I loved the Sevenwaters Trilogy. Too bad there is no comparison.I kept waiting for a nice romance to develop but this angle was horribly written and a little too incestuous for my taste - I mean they were raised together in the same house, etc. -- way to like siblings for my taste. Oh well.

show takes some getting used to, but seriously, why doesn't WB just release the entire 1st season instead of these "volumes"? this volume includes the first four episodes.

The good: The "Mr E" storyline is very interesting, and the bad guys are some of the creepier looking in the Scooby world - good monsters with good (usually) motives.The bad: The mysteries in this series play second fiddle to the absolutely horrid romance plots - the monsters and the clues seem almost like an afterthought thrown in to keep it from being a soap opera with a talking dog. Freddie, one of the smartest characters in the original series, is a bumbling idiot with no intuition whatsoever. Velma, also one of the smarter series characters, is a whiny, completely unlikeable teenage girl who is possessive, clingy, wanting to change the guy she supposedly likes, who is jealous of a DOG... In fact, she personally makes the show barely, it at all, watchable. Its a train wreck.