Very good surprise that this first installment of singing witches (in three volumes apparently), historical fantasy saga. For some time the trilogy was sleeping in my PAL and it took only idle, I want a book not too brain, so I finally deigns to immerse myself.
And took me much good! Rewriting very interesting myth of Melusine * (and other mixes figures of mythology, such as the evocation of Merlin, harpies, the other world), the action of the first game takes place in a medieval France (in 1483, so any end of this period), the Castle sassenage. The mix of facts
historically plausible, and is cleverly diverted mythology realized, and contributes to the success of the book.
not get bored, and this is also due to the main character, Algonde, a young woman shared a fate that seems to escape him, and a childhood sweetheart. It was nice to have miraculously escaped drowning, you can not say that luck seems determined smile at him, and connects the Algonde disappointments.
What about the character of the fairy Melusine, we guess disorder, manipulative, loving to play humans like puppets, quick to seduce and deceive, yet strangely human in its serpentine scales.
We go from character to character, the prince's Moorish noble young naive and self-centered point of view may change from time to time, which constantly renews the interest for adventure. From time to time, descriptions of everyday life just make a nice little break in the overall plot.
I look forward to read more ! (And am going couple!) *
Melusine, which daughter of a fairy (Persine) and a noble death, married Raymond de Lusignan, whom she had ten children. Renowned for his talent builder, she founded several cities, and abbeys. She had made her husband promise to leave him one day off per week. That day, she indulged in her magical nature, and his lower body is covered with scales. Raymond was appalled and surprised her. She escapes through a window in a cry of sadness. It is said that she would sometimes look after her children at night.
Since then, she would watch over his line and howl like a banshee every time one of his dying.
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