Heart's Blood

Name: Heart's Blood
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Juliet Marillier
ISBN: 9781977373465

Author: Juliet Marillier

Narrator: Ruth Urquhart

Unabridged: 16 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/16/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis

Whistling Tor is a place of secrets, a mysterious, wooded hill housing the crumbling fortress belonging to Anluan—a chieftain whose name is spoken throughout the region in tones of revulsion and bitterness. A curse lies over Anluan's family and his people, and the woods themselves hold a perilous force whose every whisper threatens doom.

Then the young scribe Caitrin appears in Anluan's garden, admiring the rare plant known as heart's blood. Retained to sort through entangled family documents, Caitrin brings about unexpected changes in the household, casting a hopeful light against the despairing shadows.

But even as Caitrin brings solace to Anluan, and the promise of something more between them, he remains in thrall to the darkness surrounding Whistling Tor. To free Anluan's burdened soul, Caitrin must unravel the web of sorcery woven by his ancestors before it claims his life—and their love . . .

About Juliet Marillier

Juliet Marillier graduated from the University of Otago with degrees in languages and music. Juliet now writes full-time. She is the author of the Blackthorn & Grim novels and the Sevenwaters series. Her historical fantasy novels and short stories are published internationally and have won a number of awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on January 17, 2022

This is the best Beauty & the Beast retelling I've ever read. And believe me I get it if you're worn out with authors doing this fairytale to death. However, this is incredibly well-reimagined, to the point that you really don't even have to be into fairytale retellings to enjoy this one. I'd honest......more

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on September 13, 2012

Marquis de Sade is a rather famous figure. Mostly for a lot of kinky sex acts because all of his sex fantasies included violence, criminality and blasphemy. That and he really liked buttsecks! Okay, so history remembers Marquis de Sade for the crazy, deviant man that he was. But I think we're all for......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on August 29, 2017

This is definitely my favorite of Juliet Marillier's books, but to be fair, it's only my second. That being said, it wasn't a love at first sight, much like the main character in this Beauty and the Beast retelling. It grew on me, much as the Beast grew on Belle. The later half was quite exciting and......more

Goodreads review by ♛Tash on September 24, 2015

Warning: this is a gushy review, so if you don't want to be embarrassed on my behalf, turn away now. The story opens with Caitrin, our beauty in this BatB retelling, running away from her abusive guardian as far as money can take her. She goes as far as Whistling Tor, more on Whistling Tor later. Des......more

Goodreads review by Robin on September 25, 2018

This isn’t really a Beauty and the Beast retelling but it reminded me very loosely of one. Again, Juliet Marillier delivers a book that has the distinctive feel of an old school fairytale. There is a curse, a castle, a semi-disfigured man, a strong heroine with nowhere else to turn and mirrors that......more