Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters #4) by Juliet Marillier
narrated by, Rosalyn Landor
When we venture back
to Sevenwaters the household is preparing for the wedding of Dierdre to a
nobleman, the house is full of people among them Johnny and some of his men
including Aiden and Cathal, Aiden has eyes for Dierdre’s twin Clodagh and his
rude foster-brother Cathal seems to have a lot to say about this. As was
decided by Lord Sean, Johnny son of Liadan & Bran would be the heir to
Sevenwaters since he and wife Aisling have only had daughters but an unexpected
late in life pregnancy produces a son they name Finbar. The pregnancy has been
worrisome to the whole household because of Aisling’s age but when everything
goes well with the birth the whole household celebrates and sighs with relief,
until the day Cathal comes to say goodbye to Clodagh in the nursery and in that
second her brother Finbar is gone and in his place a changeling made of sticks
that only she can see is a real child from the otherworld. This begins
Clodagh’s journey into the otherworld to rescue her brother with Cathal’s help.
This one had much more otherworldly/magical beings and
worlds than the last couple books have had which I enjoyed, most of the book is
spent in the otherworld with forest beings and the evil King of The Oaks Mac
Dara who wants something but it isn’t Finbar or Clodagh . Cathal was an
interesting character because in the beginning he is so rude to everyone
especially Clodagh but as the story goes on we see why he was like he was and
his reasoning’s behind it all.
Clodagh’s journey is interesting because unlike all the
other daughters of Sevenwaters who did battle with otherworldly foes this is
this first one that did their fighting in the otherworld, she has a long
harrowing journey and I was glad that years and years hadn’t passed in the real
world while she searched for her brother!
Rosalyn Landor did a great job on the narration as always,
Mac Dara’s voice had just the right amount of contempt for humans and venom
when he was crossed. She gave Clodagh a dignity and fragility at times that was
a nice blend. I always enjoy all her different voices male and female.
4 Stars
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