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After a hiatus of some years Australian fantasy writer Kim Wilkins is back with a interesting tale of magic in an imaginative land full of myth and mystery. But what I really enjoyed was the way she wrote each of the five "Daughters of the Storm" as real flesh and blood sisters with their strengths and weaknesses and a complex relationship of hate and love like real sisters often do.
Looking forward to reading further instalments of this well written and evocative trilogy. ...more
Looking forward to reading further instalments of this well written and evocative trilogy. ...more

I really enjoyed this book. It was a little confusing at first, but that is par for the course in fantasy while the world building starts. Initially I was a bit concerned that there were too many daughters, too many POV, but it actually balanced itself brilliantly.
There are five daughters of the king: a warrior, a seer, a mother, a flirt and a religious zealot. Each daughter has their own path to tread - and, in this first book, we get to hear parts of all their stories, interwoven with the bigg ...more
There are five daughters of the king: a warrior, a seer, a mother, a flirt and a religious zealot. Each daughter has their own path to tread - and, in this first book, we get to hear parts of all their stories, interwoven with the bigg ...more

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