A review by a_chickletz
Flame of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

4.0

Oh boy, the series is over.

I said in my last review that I enjoyed this trilogy more so than the previous three. I felt the other three dragged at points. These seemed to be tighter, reigned in, with the perfect mix of history, magic, and romance.

In this one, the child that was burned in the third book of the first trilogy had returned home. She has no use of her hands and her face is scared from the fire. She is a animal whisperer of sorts. So when she started bonding with two dogs it became super cute.

I will say that my joy for the book got taken down a star mainly because of the reveal.

SpoilerThe missing sons ending up being the two dogs was cute, and I get that her love of the dog that would end up being her 'lover' was strong, but it was a bit of a strange beauty and the beast thing. Like, he didn't fully understand her as a dog, but got feelings and instances of understanding. Yet, when he became a man they wanted to marry ASAP. It was just a tad weird to me.


Again, I enjoyed this series more than the other trilogy and it had a fitting ending.