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Dreamer's Pool
- Blackthorn & Grim, Book 1
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Natalie Gold, Nick Sullivan
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
Award-winning author Juliet Marillier "weaves magic, mythology, and folklore into every sentence on the page" (The Book Smugglers). Now she begins an all-new and enchanting series that will transport readers to a magical vision of ancient Ireland... In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance against the man who destroyed all that she once held dear. Followed by a former prison mate, a silent hulk of a man named Grim, she travels north to Dalriada. There she'll live on the fringe of a mysterious forest, duty bound for seven years to assist anyone who asks for her help. Oran, crown prince of Dalriada, has waited anxiously for the arrival of his future bride, Lady Flidais. He knows her only from a portrait and sweetly poetic correspondence that have convinced him Flidais is his destined true love. But Oran discovers letters can lie. For although his intended exactly resembles her portrait, her brutality upon arrival proves she is nothing like the sensitive woman of the letters.
With the strategic marriage imminent, Oran sees no way out of his dilemma. Word has spread that Blackthorn possesses a remarkable gift for solving knotty problems, so the prince asks her for help. To save Oran from his treacherous nuptials, Blackthorn and Grim will need all their resources: courage, ingenuity, leaps of deduction, and more than a little magic.
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- LMorgan
- 25-11-22
Happy I ignored the reviews
I understand people wanting authentic accents, however the narrators did a fine job. I’m gjad I decided to give this book a go and decide for myself. There were parts that drug on and I just skipped to the chapter. It was worth listening to the end.
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- jennifer
- 18-05-15
So disappointing
Would you try another book written by Juliet Marillier or narrated by the narrators?
I have read both her Sevenwaters series and the Bridei trilogy which were brilliant but won't read anymore from this series
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Not much
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?
As this series, as with the others is based in Pagan Briton, Scotland and Ireland, the use of American readers was both dis enchanting and grating. Completely destroyed the mystical ambience evident in her other works
Was Dreamer's Pool worth the listening time?
Not really.
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9 people found this helpful
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- Mrs Fiona Ross
- 24-05-17
Captured from the first.
I was worried about this book due to the most popular review giving it a bad feedback. I'm a huge fan of Juliet Marillier books and hated the idea that one could be uncapturing. Thank fully this isn't the case, Blackthorn & Grim are superbly written characters that leave you wanting to know more about their story and their narrators do a fantastic job.
So looking to book 2!!
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- Lia Steinson
- 27-06-21
Quite an interesting story
Lots of good moments but I never got to grips with the American voices, so wrong in a story set in ancient Britain before America existed.
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- Amazeon Customer DHL
- 30-05-23
A great story with well developed characters
Absolute page turner of a book! I really loved the whole nine yards of it. The progress in the development of the characters is a masterclass. JM is a master of the art in this genre of storytelling. Thoroughly enjoyable read. Can’t wait to get on to the next in the series.
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- Catherine
- 26-02-15
Predictable
I have to start off by saying I am a HUGE fan of Juliet Marilliers books, she is one of my favourite authors and I eagerly await the next book she releases. I snatched this book up as soon as it was released but with other books in the queue it was only now that I got a chance to read it.
Almost immediately I guessed the conclusion of the plot which annoyed me as I'm usually fixated on these books and it is hard for me to put them down. I just felt the whole storyline was predictable and it didn't feel as magical as say the brideai chronicles or even the daughter of the forest ones which are by far my favourite books. It's not going to stop me reading the next instalments in the series as it is Juliet Marillier after all and I'm intrigued as to where she will take this series. I just hope the next few are better!
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-07-18
Flawed but Thematically Strong
Extremely good performance of the readers, the two main characters are interesting and the celtic folklore turned fantasy setting is brilliant.
However the authors handling of complex issues is hamfisted at best, the story is incredibly predictable and all supporting characters are one-dimensional.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-04-22
Excellent Read
Wonderful story with strong relatable characters. looking forward to getting into the next book in the series
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- Melanie K.
- 18-01-15
Fab as always!
Another good story with new characters from J. Marillier! I truly enjoyed this!
Loved the familiarity of her writing.
Great!
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- Cailleach Eilidh
- 22-05-22
Hard to put down
Julliet Marillier used to be my favourite author but it's a long time since I've read any of her books. This one came as a huge surprise. I'm not used to her including such adult themes. Although it was not what I'd expected, I soon got hooked on the story.
I don't rate the narrator's. Their characterisation was very poor and at times made the story hard to follow as it wasn't clear who was speaking. I'm also not a big fan of using more than one narrator - they are never going to use the same voice for each character.
I will be getting the next in the series straight away.
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