Friday, July 23, 2010

Divine By Blood


Title: Divine By Blood
Author: P.C. Cast
Series: Divine (Book 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance



Morrigan is the daughter that Rhiannon died giving birth to. She lives with her G-ma and G-pa (Shannon's parents) and they have tried to raise her knowing and loving Eponia. Morrigan feels like she just doesn't belong. She has taken many drama classes so that she can act in her real day to day life and seem normal. She hears voices on the wind as well as other times and constantly worries that she is going to be swayed by evil, since she has been warned by her grandparents.

She goes on a little road trip with her friends from high school before they all part for college and go their separate ways. They go to an underground cave where Morrigan realizes that she can hear voices in the stones and that they call her "Light Bringer" She also discovers that she can make light radiate out of the stones if she asks them.

This eventually leads to her going through a large stone and ending up in Partholon. There she is received in one of the southern areas away from where Shannon is living her life. She emerges in a civilization that lives basically solely in the caves. They worship her as another Goddess' Chosen (although we later find out it's just another name for Epona). She starts to learn this new society and feels for the first time like she is fitting in. But of course darkness comes and tempts her.

I felt like the story was decent, although I was saddened at how much we didn't hear about Shannon and the life she was living. I had several moments in the book where I had intense crying bouts and really felt like it was an emotional journey.

There are 2 more books that are kind of a spin off of this series for young adults. They are about 4 generations after Shannon, her great grandchildren. I really love the land of Partholon and think that I may look into those as well.

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