I have no intention of turning HH into a niche blog, but it is of course a blog about my life and things that I love. Armed with this truth I figure why not tell you about some of the things I really love?

So today I thought I would chat about one of my favorite authors. I’ll be the first to admit that if a book has an ugly cover there’s a 99% chance I’m not going to read it. I usually choose books based on their covers and so far I don’t believe its ever disappointed me. I’m sure I’ve missed out on some fabulous reading material due to this method (got a great book with an ugly cover I should read? I’m open to suggestions.) Regardless; I like familiarity, and pretty books are familiar.

Some time ago me and my Mom were going somewhere, and I’ll be damned if I can remember where, but my life is incomplete without a book to take everywhere with me. So we did our preparation trip to the bookstore where I instantly picked up a book by Juliet Marillier because of it’s pretty cover; it was her first published novel and I’ve been head over heals in love with her ever since.

I’m not going to give you a breakdown of every book she’s ever written because that would be far too time consuming for someone of limited patience like myself, but I will say this – if you like fantasy, romance, historical fiction, books that make you cry and have pretty covers, this is probably the author for you.

Almost all* of Juliet’s novels are based in a historical era; usually somewhere in Europe (including the UK and Ireland) and follow a young woman through a period of hardship. These aren’t your typical romance novels; Juilet is a master at teasing you with her love stories, you’ll find yourself desperately wanting the main characters to just fall in love already, or kiss, or touch, or just do something – anything already, and she holds it back long enough that you feel relieved and gleeful when they finally do. Her stories are delightful and whimsical; they’re always full of colour and interesting characters. Not only that but you don’t have to *work* to read her books, I’ve never found myself lost or confused about what on earth is going on or how I managed to miss something.

I’m not going to say this is a 100% accurate review of her books as it has been sometime since I reread most of them, but it is the general flow of things. That’s one of the thing’s I love the most though; when I pick up one of her books I know exactly what to expect yet am always surprised and delighted.

So if you have some spare time this summer to curl up somewhere and read a book I highly recommend grabbing the first of the Sevenwaters Trilogy – Daughter of the forest and taking it for a whirl, I won’t say you won’t be disappointed; as that’s a matter of personal taste, but I truly hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

You can check out Juliet’s website here : http://www.julietmarillier.com/

Peace <3
Chelsea

*The exception to this rule is the Bridei Chronicles which more closely follows a young man’s life.

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