This was just a meh read for me. It seemed like a surface skim, of everything. The world-building wasn’t great, none of the main characters stories were told to any deep satisfaction, the magic wasn’t truly delved into, the romances didn’t really get fully steamy at any point, I didn’t connect with any of the characters enough to truly care when any of them died, it was just, okay. So the main gist is that there’s this otherworld hundreds and hundreds of years ago where Eire (read, Irish) priests and priestesses of the Dagda can go and travel across great distances. They’re all gifted with varying talents. The main character turns out to be a healer and a Starling, someone who can influence thoughts. She uses her talents to help steer the Rohmanach, (Romans, I presume) in ways advantageous in battle for Ireland. There’s a battle, again, pretty anticlimactic, and we’d learned previously, she’s so forgettable I’ve forgotten her name, the main character, was able to travel also through time, something awful happens that makes her want to do that; she goes to her perfect place in time and badaboom, book ends. Ta da!
In all seriousness, this book could have been great had the author gotten down in the dirt and really dug in on anything. That wasn’t the case. It was like, a 10,000 foot view of everything. Each chapter seems to skip ahead either weeks or months, with no indication that it’s done so, you just kind of figure it out on your own. I love witchy, priestessy, fantasy novel with a dash of sexy, steamy love story thrown in. I don’t mind battle stuff. This book just didn’t settle on anything. It skipped and stepped over everything and was just really unsatisfying. It was like going to a really fancy restaurant, and they bring out those massive plates, but then the food is just those teensy portions with the swirly sauces and that’s your whole entrée. I wanted more but was ultimately left hungry.
In all seriousness, this book could have been great had the author gotten down in the dirt and really dug in on anything. That wasn’t the case. It was like, a 10,000 foot view of everything. Each chapter seems to skip ahead either weeks or months, with no indication that it’s done so, you just kind of figure it out on your own. I love witchy, priestessy, fantasy novel with a dash of sexy, steamy love story thrown in. I don’t mind battle stuff. This book just didn’t settle on anything. It skipped and stepped over everything and was just really unsatisfying. It was like going to a really fancy restaurant, and they bring out those massive plates, but then the food is just those teensy portions with the swirly sauces and that’s your whole entrée. I wanted more but was ultimately left hungry.