Daughters of the Storm
by Kim Wilkins is the first book in the Blood and Gold series. The story
opens with King Atherlrick of Almissia, the warrior king, the Storm Bearer in
the land of Thrysland, is ill. News spreads to his eldest daughter, Bluebell, a
warrior like her father and heir apparent. She immediately rushes to her father’s
side while spreading word out to her other sisters. Rose is married to Wengest,
king of Nettlechester but her heart belongs to another. Ash is a student of the
common faith who has been having horrible dreams. Ivy and Willow are twins. Ivy
lives for the admiration of others and Willow lives for the gods. Together the
sisters must discover the source of their father’s illness; however the journey
will force them to face their past, their choices and the secrets they keep
from each other.
Daughters of the Storm
is a slow moving story. So slow I found myself phasing out and realizing that I
hadn’t read anything on the page. Of the five sisters, the only one I enjoyed
was Ash. I did not like Bluebell as I found her to be too harsh. Overall, I did
not like this book. Pages and pages went on with nothing really happening. I
read a description online that called this book “Game of Thrones with women” and it fits. A long winded book with
pages and pages of description and very little explanation as to what is going
on or action. An “elf-shot” was referred to many times in the beginning and I
kept waiting for a hint on what an elf shot is? I had to assume bad magic the
way the characters seem to terrified of it. Pages later, you learn its “wild”
and very old magic. Why couldn’t this be mentioned earlier? And the language!
The f-word was used so much in even the open chapters that I cringed every time
it was used in the rest of the book. If you enjoy Games of Thrones, you may enjoy this book and even the series;
however, I cannot recommend it. I wanted to enjoy it and based on the
description of the story, I thought I would. However, it is very slow and way
too much language for my taste.
Daughters of the Storm
will be available in hardcover and eBook
on March 6, 2018
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