Daughter of the Forest

This was not a bad book, but it was just not for me.

I found Juliet Marillier's prose to be quite beautiful without ever sounding overly flowery; her writing meshed really well with the fairytale retelling aspect of the story. Also, I'd highly recommend the audiobook for this if you plan to read this story because the narrator's voice really fits what I imagine Sorcha's voice to sound like. I think the characters were fairly good, especially Sorcha's brothers.

However, despite any ‘objective' positives to the story, and despite the fact that I thought the characters were pretty good, I just did not care enough about any of them—our main character included—to have enjoyed my time reading this. It was a nice retelling, but that was about it. Nothing in particular stood out to me as something interesting enough for me to give this more than two stars. The reason I was able to complete it was due to the fact that I consumed this in audiobook format, so listening to the story was a task that required barely any effort and was thus relatively easy to get through. Again, not a bad book by any means, but it was just not for me.