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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not as good as 'Lady of Hay' Like others before, I too was very reluctantly disappointed in this book as it did repeat the same things over and over again. The characters always seemed to be doing the same things but in different locations. The best BE novel to my mind was 'Lady of Hay' and I have read and own them all. Of course, a lot of research must have gone into this and it IS very entertaining and yes I DID find it difficult to put down - but all the time getting more and more exasperated by the repetition .... perhaps I was... more info
Repetitive and corny My favourite type of book to read is fiction which is based on history so I was really looking forward to this book by Barbara Erskine, but I was really disappointed. Whilst some of the sections that described iron age Britain were undoubtedly fascinating, the story as a whole was so repetitive, the same things happened over and over again. The main modern-day character, Viv, went back in time in her dreams or waking visions, came back to normality, saw a ghost, was frightened and then there was a corny one... more info
Daughters of Fire by Barbara Erskine I absolutely loved all Barbara Erskine's previous books. I was so much looking forward to reading her latest novel. What a complete disappointment it turned out to be. I thought I'd try and get into the storyline and even put it away for a few months. Could not finish off the book as I was much too annoyed and wanting the same magic as the other books provided. I have sent this book to my mother-in-law to see what she thinks of this latest addition.
Daughters of Fire I have all of Barbara Erskine's books. She is an excellent author. The only comment I would like to make about Daughters of Fire was that for me it went into too much detail. It was not like her other books. Her other books put it this way I found them hard to put down.
