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I wanted to love this book -- multiple female point of view characters! -- but it fell short for me. The author did not seem to be entirely sure of where she wanted to go and it took far too long to set up all the players and pieces. None of the characters were particularly sympathetic -- the oldest sister, the one I was inclined to like the most, comes off as an overly violent control freak. I can ride a story fairly far with interesting concepts even if the characters don't grab me, but story concepts and world-building did not hold my interest either. Finally, and this is a highly personal quirk that I don't expect most people to share, the wildly inconsistent naming practices bugged me.

All in all, the book was an OK way to pass an evening with nothing better to read. But I won't be picking up with second book unless it's on sale or I am desperate for reading matter.


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Daughters of the Storm Kim Wilkins Books Reviews

A good read
I enjoyed reading every page tho at times I wish I could have given a certain character a slap to wake them up. When you feel like that you know the book has you hooked. I look forward to the next book in the series
I enjoyed this but it did go on and on a bit - probably 2/3 the final length would have been enough but the story is very well told and intriguing.
I enjoyed this book overall, but the writing fell a little flat for me in that all of the characters seemed one-dimensional. The plot was great, and the world-building was excellent. Hoping that the next book in the series gives the characters some growth.
I had trouble getting through the book. I could find almost no redeeming qualities in the characters. I could not make myself care who was out to get them.
This is an extraordinary novel that once I started reading it, found it hard to tear myself away from. I didn’t read this book - I devoured it - greedily. In Daughters of the Storm, Kim Wilkins, a masterful storyteller, presents us with a rich and detailed historical fantasy featuring a poisoned king, his five very different daughters, and a land in existential and leadership crisis.
Drawing on her vast knowledge and love of Anglo-Saxon England, Wilkins gives us a vivid and diverse world where faith, magic and individuals collide and geographical borders are only as strong as the leader enforcing them. When the King of Thyrsland lapses into a magic-induced sleep, suspicion turns not so much outwards as one would expect, but inwards towards his family. His eldest daughter, the formidable warrior, the wonderfully named Bluebell, determines to rescue her father from this grave enchantment – not only because she loves him dearly and blindly, but also for the sake of the kingdom she will one day inherit. Recognising the power that keeps him comatose is the wild “undermagic” and the only one who can help them is someone of their own blood, Bluebell employs her sisters’ help. Along with her mostly unwilling siblings, she embarks on a journey to find a cure and in doing so bring the kingdom back from the brink of war. Tall, scarred, strong, capable and tattooed, Bluebell inspires loyalty and loathing in equal measure, and not just from her men or the enemies she encounters but, as she’s to learn, from those closest to her as well.
What Bluebell doesn’t bargain on is her sisters and the terrible secrets they hide, secrets that have the potential to not only undo her intentions, but tear the family apart as well.
While this is at one level a quest novel, the journey the main characters undertake is not simply physical, but psychological and emotional. So it is with Bluebell and her sisters who are also forced to examine the past and their own choices, in relation to the present and, indeed, the future. Mostly estranged from each other, they’re presented to the reader as three-dimensional characters with their flaws, foibles and strengths on display. Whether it’s the unhappily married mother, Rose, the mystic Ash, or the twins, the sanctimonious Willow and hormone-charged Ivy (both of whom you often want to slap in the face), they feel real and whole and thus you can appreciate the choices they make, even when you wince or wonder why. Complicated, and passionate, the shifting viewpoint in the novel allows us to get to know each of them over the course of the story and you find yourself allying with one then another, or despairing at what you know the outcome will be… only, in typical Wilkins’ fashion, you don’t know. They are not always likeable either, and I love that Wilkins has taken such a risk as making her major characters unattractive at times – just like real life. You may not always like them, but you do understand them – this is clever writing that doesn’t condescend to readers.
This is also where Wilkins excels as a novelist, in her ability to present readers not only with a terrific tale, but with complex, fascinating characters with their own rationale for action, gently exposing the deep motivations that drive them, even if they take a little while to be revealed. But it’s not only the women who are represented this way either. Daughters of the Storm also has some wonderful and imperfect male characters as well – from the slumbering king, to the bitter Wylm, the brutish Raven King, Hakon, the lonely undermagician, and the love-lorn Heath.
With a kicker-twist at the end, this is a marvellous book and my only disappointment is that I have to wait for part two of what is a simply brilliant addition to one of my favourite genres and from one of my favourite writers.
Their world is completely believable. Each sister's character is completely believable, as we watch her desires, abilities and experience of herself in the world as a woman weave together the life path she chooses with her own priorities, political options and relationships. We also come to know others around them, and are surprised by subtle similarities among the sisters in spite of their obvious differences. I promised myself I wouldn't buy the sequel but after reading its beginning, I'm hooked!
I wanted to love this book -- multiple female point of view characters! -- but it fell short for me. The author did not seem to be entirely sure of where she wanted to go and it took far too long to set up all the players and pieces. None of the characters were particularly sympathetic -- the oldest sister, the one I was inclined to like the most, comes off as an overly violent control freak. I can ride a story fairly far with interesting concepts even if the characters don't grab me, but story concepts and world-building did not hold my interest either. Finally, and this is a highly personal quirk that I don't expect most people to share, the wildly inconsistent naming practices bugged me.

All in all, the book was an OK way to pass an evening with nothing better to read. But I won't be picking up with second book unless it's on sale or I am desperate for reading matter.