The journey from beginning to end was sensational and glorious. Throughout SISTERSONG, you can feel the rumble in your bones, the knot in your stomach as the tension slowly, slowly, slowly builds to an explosive conclusion. You have conflict between Christianity and Paganism, between Saxons and Britons, between gender identity and society, and between sisters. Lucy Holland has built her story on a fault line a million times more potent than the San Andreas Fault or The Ring of Fire. It’s a time when magic and reality are woven together so tightly it’s impossible to tease the threads apart, it was a surprise to me that this is the first book I’ve read in the period - and I want more. This period of British history is such fertile ground for storytelling as there is so much going on but so little actually known. In SISTERSONG, we find ourselves in the halls of King Cador, seeing the world through the eyes of his three daughters, as the Saxon dragon inches ever closer to the walls. The Roman Empire had abandoned the land, and the Saxons had arrived, moving north and west, conquering Roman-Britain through violence, destruction, and massacre. It is set at the beginning of the 6th Century when King Cador was the ruler of Dummonia, a region that comprises modern-day Cornwall and Devon.ĭuring this period, Britain was in a state of upheaval. SISTERSONG is a stunning blend of historical fiction, British folklore, and magical fantasy.
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