Padeira de Aljubarrota

Um livro a Não Perder. A vida da dita padeira está muitíssimo bem contada/elaborada, não podemos deixar de nos rir com as aventuras e desventuras da heroína de Aljubarrota, a quem chamavam Dama Pé de Cabra, derivado ao seu aspeto másculo, com 6 dedos em cada mão. LoooooooooooL.

A escritora alterna a narrativa da vida de Brites de Almeida, com a vida da corte de D. Fernando e Leonor Teles, o que torna a leitura mais excitante uma vez que os capítulos são pequenos, (3 folhas por narrativa). Uma ideia brilhante, sem dúvida, 'agarrando' assim o leitor ao livro, tendo ganas de parar só no FIM. Para quem passa muito tempo fora, há a versão ebook, em português, para ler no tablet, kindle ou Pc.

É sem dúvida um dos melhores romances históricos que li nos últimos anos.

Raven Flight

Raven Flight, (the 2nd book of the Shadowfell trilogy), it picks up at Shadowfell, where the rebels have their encampment. Neryn, as you know, is a Caller, (someone who can control Nature elements), and now she travels with a female warrior, Tali, to find the Guardions of Water and Earth, so she can be taught to use her gift. And that's it, she travels back to Alban seeking the guardians, she finds them and learns how to 'work' with water and earth. This 2nd book has a little more action than the first  and once again it's a poor story, but very well told. Marillier is the master of story telling. Once again the writer 'floods' the readers with feelings, and this time, imo, it's very boring to hear Stones speak about their feelings. I've read all of Marillier's books, and I've noticed the first books she wrote were much better than this laters. The Sevenwaters saga are GREAT, she should have stopped with Child of the Prophecy. The Bridei Chronicles, are Exquisite as they are. Hearts Blood is awesome, Wildwood Dancing and Cibelle's Secret are Amazing, and last but not  at all least, the two MASTER PIECES : Wolfskin and Foxmask, these are the 2 BEST Epic BOOKS I've ever read( I am not including the classics : Gilgamesh, Spartacus, Ben-Hur,Odisseia, Iliade, and so on and on). Shadowfell trilogy is a story for children, obvious adults can read it but I think it is not Marillier's Best, in any way. The 3rd book will be available soon, Caller, where Neryn travels to the North, to meet the White Lady, and learns about the Air element, this really seems Cinderela or Snow White's Tale, anyway is classified as a book for children by her publisher.

 AH...Shadowfell was not INVENTED by the writer, Shadowfell is one of the villages of the  Dungeons & Dragons rpg.

Shadowfell

The Shadowfell trilogy, starts with a 16 year old orphan girl Neryn, travelling to a place of safety (Shadowfell), for, the evil king Keldec, has murdered her family and is now after Neryn. Neryn is different, she has a gift, but she doesn't know what it is nor how to use it. While she's on the run, she sees the kings assassins kill villagers: children, women, men, for no reason at all, the assassins are after Neryn...but why??? She meets the Good Folk, the magic people that live in the woods, the magic people that help her on this quest.But ....the day comes, one of the king's assassins (Flint), finds Neryn and takes her away. Those assassins are called Enforcers, meaning: they go into people's minds and enslave them. Neryn is lost, what now??? She is trapped.... but Flint is a double agent, he too wants the king dead, he also is the chief of the  rebels and helps Neryn to reach Shadowfell.
This is a very good tale, and very well told, the story itself is poor, boring, and has no action except at the end, when they fight and Neryn shows a little magic.This is no doubt a book for children or for girls, once again Marillier fills the pages with feelings,feelings and more feelings, at some point this is quite BORING, there's no action, and no historic background. Nevertheless, she is the Master of story telling, and no one 'beats' her at that. She manages to tell a great story when the main story is poor......