Daughter of the Forest
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: very dark.
The Six Swans in early Ireland. Sorcha's brothers are cursed into swans and she can't speak a word until she's woven shirts from nettles. It's slow, patient and lovely, with one assault scene early on that's very hard to read.
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Is Daughter of the Forest spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in Daughter of the Forest, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is Daughter of the Forest?
We rate Daughter of the Forest 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are sexual assault, physical or emotional abuse, torture, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read Sevenwaters in order?
Daughter of the Forest is book 1 of Sevenwaters, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
Tropes
Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for Daughter of the Forest
- Sexual assault
- Physical or emotional abuse
- Torture
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- Sevenwaters, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 476
- First published
- 2000
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
