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Books : Forest House (Avalon, Book 2)In association with Amazon.com Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780140177213 ISBN: 0140177213 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 576 Publication Date: March 30, 1995 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Sales Rank: 2880331 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader, is gifted with visionary powers that cause her to be named a High Priestess at the Forest House, but she is unable to resist her forbidden love for the soldier Gaius. Reprint. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A little underwhelming at pointsThis book is in the same vein as the other Avalon books, with some compelling characters and an interesting opera adaption for the plot. On the whole, however, I was disappointed with the quality of the book. While some sections were fine, there were some that are simply the result of bad editing and poor writing. The initial passages of the book in particular seem overly contrived. Thankfully, the book improves the further the story progresses. If you like Marion Zimmer Bradley, you will likely ... Read More Rating: - Prequel? Really?While I knew that Marion Zimmer Bradley also wrote the famous (and yet still unread by this reviewer) "Mists of Avalon", I was pretty sure that this book was a standalone when I read it. And it certainly felt like one! Good to know I picked a "prequel" and not a sequel. "The Forest House" is a really nicely written fantasy/romance sort of novel. It's got this thick, intriguing plot. The plot is pretty complex as are some of the characters (some remain woefully flat throughout the book). ... Read More Rating:  - Not Free SF ReaderAgain, too dull to finish. Perhaps it has something to do with it trying to connect to The Mists of Avalon, but being completely different, and just two characters that have been created to have a romance, a Roman, and one of the priestesses of the local religion. If you like that sort of Tristan and Isolde thing, then this may well be for you. Rating: - Second Book in the Avalon SeriesMarion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67. Writing for over 4 decades, she is best known for her Darkover science fantasy series and her Arthurian masterpiece, The Mists of Avalon. She also edited anthologies for 14 years and published Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine. ... Read More Rating:  - Could have been good...It really could have been good. The story was very interesting. Unfortunately: 1. It was poorly written. SO many sentences did not make sense. I would have to go back and read and reread. It seems like she was trying to make it more wordy than it needed to be. 2. The characters were not developed. Except for Caillean. So I ended up with basically no attachment to the main characters. Was it really necessary to spend a few chapters on Gaius' career when we don't know jack ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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