I always recommend Juliet’s books! She’s so underrated.

So excited for this video. She's my favourite author too ❤️ Daughter of the Forest is one of my all time favourite books and it made me so anxious reading that book. My chest was literally hurting. Juliet Marillier actually lived around the corner from me in Perth Western Australia 😊

I just photographed Juliette for her new publications and you made me want to read her now! 🤘😎

I fell in love with Juliet Marillier not long after Daughter of the Forest was first published way back in 1999! I feel so blessed to have followed the journey of all the series written by her over the years. You MUST read the Saga of the Light Isles series, because...VIKINGS!! Similar to the rest of her books, you will find the characters and plot are so well written and you can’t help but feel invested in the detailed storyline. Juliet Marillier is a master storyteller and I’m so glad you are introducing her to a brand new (and much younger!!) audience 😊

I wish someone would make the beautiful covers that these books deserve. Cause all of those are horrible :(

Jean is going to rave about Juliet Maurillier! Better get a mug of tea! 😛

I read her because of you this year and fell completely in love as well! Thanks so much for the recommendation!

Really enjoyed this, your enthusiasm makes me want to read all the books you mentioned. I'm definitely adding Daughter of the Forest to my tbr for next year.

So wonderful to see someone else fall in love with this terrific author. I did the Sevenwaters and the Bridie chronicles many many years ago and actually wrote to Juliette to thank her and so graciously replied. I donated both of these series long ago and have been yearning lately to my passion for fantasy stories. Definitely give the Bridie Chronicles a go they have that beautiful richness and depth that make her stories so gorgeous. BTW terrific work on your channel, I’m still a new arrival and have truly enjoyed it.

Your hair looks great!! I really like the color!

I read the title and immediately knew who you’d be talking about ahahahah I’m so excited to pick up Daughter of the Forest solemnly because of how much you love her! I hope I love it as much as you do.

I'm definitely putting these on my TBR, but also I just wanted to say I really love your hair and outfit in this video - you look so elegant

Love your sweater! I’m going to have to try Maurillier.

I found Dreamer's Pool in a book shop in Stockholm last week and I HAD to buy it. I'm about 200 pages in at the moment but I'm really loving it. Can't wait to read more of her work :)

This is making me want to reread her books! She's such an amazing author 💗

She is fantastic! I also started reading her books this year and they are my new favourites. Daugther of The Forrest is one of the best books I've read and it touch me in so many ways, I follow your channel for a while and I'm really happy that you loved a book so dear to me.

So glad you've discovered Juliet! She's an amazing author and Daughter of the Forest is the first book I've read by her. I love tales that take place mostly in Ireland, Scotland and Wales particularly in the medieval times with a touch of whimsy. She really has a way with words and I'm looking forward to reading more of her books soon. Speaking of her books, have you heard of Heart's Blood? I think it may be a standalone that I came across at a Library Bookshop. Looking forward to her new series next year! Thank you for the recommendations as I haven't heard of some of those books by her.

Because of your videos I started reading the Sevenwaters series this year and I am completely in love! I listen to them on audiobook, have finished the first three and I’m currently listening to Heir to Sevenwaters which is so good as well. I’m also planning on picking up Wildwood Dancing in the near future. So thanks to you, I also have a new favourite author :)

I've been meaning to get around to Daughter of the Forest for years but I had no idea Juliet Marillier had so many other series! This was a really useful video knowing which of her books I should start with and what to expect. Thanks!

Your love for her books is so clear and it's lovely! You've really made me want to check her out. I now own a copy of Daughter of the Forest and Shadowfell, and I think I'm going to check out Shadowfell over Christmas - I'm weak for fantasy stories involving plots where magic is banned.

Jean, my gosh, I'm already in love with this author without ever having read or touched a book by her! Your love for this writer is so incredibly contagious and lovely to hear about! I really can't ever get enough of how passionate you are about books. I'm now working on getting my TBR down, but I will definitely buy Daughter of the Forest when that's done. So so excited for it already.

I discovered the Sevenwaters series when it was still a trilogy, must have been 12 ish years ago now. To this day it's still my favorite series, and I recommend it to anyone who ask what I read. She's been my favorite for years! :)

I can definitely relate to fantasy escapism reading because i've doing a lot of that while studying abroad this year. I've just started Daughter of the Forest on audiobook and so far i'm loving it ^.^ Thank you for the recommendations! ❤

I've read "Wildwood dancing" and love it, specially because I've been almost a month in Romenia and somehow the mystical air was really on that book. Read this year the first triology of Sevenwaters, and "Heir to Sevenwaters", got to read the rest of it :D My favourite was "Son of Shadows" love Liadan and Bran

I first heard about Daughter of the Forest in your favourite fantasy series video. I read it and absolutely loved it, for sure it's one of my favourite books of the year so thank you so much for the recommendation.I thought I preferred faster-paced books but this one was so beautifully written, I spent the whole book mesmerised. I loved Sorcha as a character too. I haven't continued with the series yet because I'm not sure anything could live up to Daughter of the Forest!

I have read eight Juliet Marillier books. I have read the whole Sevenwaters series and loved the whole thing. It's been a good ten years since I read those, so I think I need to do a reread. Same goes with Heart's Blood. I loved that as well. I more recently read Wildwood Dancing and absolutely adored it. Gogu was just the cutest. Haven't gotten around to Cybele's Secret, yet, though I've technically started it. I love that you did this video, because I don't know many other people that love her books.

I agree so strongly with this!!! YES YES YES! I love her books so much!

I discovered Juliet about 17 years ago and she is my favourite. The Sevenwaters books cemented my love of fantasy and ive read them 6 times lol. I did stop reading her for a while so i will have to pick a few up a few new ones now!

When i first heard you talk about Wildwood Dancing, i had to go out and buy it. Of course, it became one of my new favorite books. Now, I'm reading Daughter of the Forest and absolutely love it so far! Thank you so much for introducing me to one of my new favorite authors!

Love Juliet Marillier! She writes such beautiful and profound books. My favourites are Heart's Blood and Tower Of Thorns (the second book in the Blackthorn & Grim series). Highly recommend both of these!

Juliet is absolutely my favourite author too! I love her books ever since I stumbled across Daughter of the Forest in 2009. I have still to read her last series (Warrior Bards) and looking forward to it :D

I read Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret back in middle school and adored them. They were her only teen books out yet and so they were the only ones I read for a few years. I eventually got around to reading Heart's Blood when I was on a Beauty and the Beast kick and have been meaning to read Daughter of the Forest for years but as it is celebrated as her best I always want to save it.

I’ve only read two books by her but I loved them, guess it’s time to read some more!

I'm obsessed with Juliet Marillier. I've also read six books by her this year. I read the first two in the Seven Waters series and loved them. Daughter of the Forrest is by far my favorite. Also Heart's Blood (best Beauty and the Beast retelling I've ever read) and all three of the Blackthorn and Grimm books. Tower of Thorns was my favorite of that series. So I think you should read that one next or Heart's Blood.

I wanted to buy Daughter of the Forest for years and finally bought it yesterday because of you :D

I love Juliet Marillier and I’m so happy to finally hear someone rave about her because she’s fantastic! I think that you could enjoy Jennifer Roberson’s Lady of The Glen, it’s set in 17th century Scotland and it’s a wonderful retelling of the massacre of Glencoe. Give it a try, I’m sure you’ll love it.

I love Juliet Marillier! I read wildwood dancing first, as well, a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it, but didn’t really explore her any more until this year. One of the other people I follow, April Sarah, was hosting a read along of the sevenwaters and I’ve LOVED it. I only have one book left in that series now ☺️ I’m really excited to read more of her series Great video! Thanks for sharing your love 💕

I've owned Wildwood Daancing for too many years, my sister has read it but I still haven't. You're raving about her makes me want to pick it up in the new year!

I'm so glad you've brought this author to my (our?) attention. I live in Canada and in a more 'rural' area of my province - we have 1 book by Marillier in our library system. I haven't seen her books in any bookstores either. Perhaps this is due to her being a New Zealand author or perhaps it's my geographic location; either way, I've asked my library to find me a copy of Daughter of the Forest so I can finally experience the joy you've received from this book!!!! :) Thank you!

I have loved her books since 2010 or 11 when I stumbled across Daughter of the Forest in my local library. I've lost track of how many times I've read the Sevenwaters series since. You really should read the second part of that series sooner rather than later. The 4th book, Heir to Sevenwaters, ties with the first 2 as my favorite. (Yes it,s a 3 way tie, because every time I'm reading any of those 3, it becomes my favorite.) I also greatly enjoyed The Caller series. I think you will find elements of the style that you love so much in the Sevenwaters series in the later 2 books. You also should check out her novella Twixt Firelight and Water. It's a 2 part story that fills in some gaps in the Sevenwaters story, like who Fiacha is and what happened to Padriac. It's short and definitely worth the read. I think timeline wise, it takes place between the 5th and 6th book, but it won't spoil anything if you've already read the first 3. I would recommend reading it after the 4th book though, just because of Ciaran's growth in that book. I'm actually currently rereading the Sevenwaters series all the way through because it had been a few years since I read the last book in the series and I can't remember all of it anymore which means I must read it again. Sometimes I just pick up one of the books in the series because I know the storyline so well now that I don't have to read all of them. I'm already finished with book 5, which is always excellent. One of my favorite things about her writing is that I can read her books again and again and they don't get old. They're beautifully written and the characters are so real. I never tire of her stories.

I started with the Blackthorn and Grim books and have just begun reading Daughter of the Forest. I am so enjoying everything I have read so far.

Woop woop! So excited to hear you talk in more depth out her books after loving Daughter of the Forest so much this week! I always have a love/hate relationship with series that focus on a different character in each book because I’m desperate for more of the old characters at the start but then fall in love with the new ones. And that just repeats with each book 😂 I’m going to carry on with the seven waters books for now but I’m also very excited to get to the blackthorn and grimm books. I have her short collection too so I may have to try fit that in this month. I audiobooked daughter of the forest and adored hearing it in an Irish accent - have you been audiobooking or reading?

Hi Jean. I am a new subscriber to your channel and am very glad I found it. I LOVE Juliet Marillier. She is my favourite author of all time. I first read her seven waters series about 15 years ago and have read all of her books now and I can't wait for her new series . I think you will love the Dark mirror series...... I think it might be my favourite series of all but seven waters and the light isles are a very close second. Enjoy!!!

#1 comment and i knew who it was by reading the tagline. happy to see your videos.

Juliet Marillier is fantastic! You made me want to read more.

Read them all love Juliet Marillier! Please read Hearts blood its really really good and it is a stand alone book, its my favorite of hers

oh god I have to read these books as soon as possible

I bought Dreamers Pool last week, I’m pretty sure I read Wildwood Dancing and Cybele’s Secret when I was in high school

I picked up Wildwood Dancing because of you and I’m obsessed! Can’t wait to read more! Do you have other book recs similar to that book?

I ordered my copy of The Heart's Blood after you raved about her so much this year, to get a taste of her books :) Still waiting for it to arrive and then I'll dive into it. Thanks so much for this great video. I don't think I can take the violence of Daughter of The Forest, but I can continue with Wildwood Dancing if I like her. That doesn't have trigger warnings, does it? I'm a marsh mellow reader :))

Yes yes yes yes! Juliet Marillier is the only author from whom I have all books she wrote. The Sevenwaters series had such an impact in my late teens/young adult years. I have no idea why she is not talked about more. Her stories are absolutely magical and her strong female characters are usually very believable. And I gush over the love stories. Which is saying a lot coming from someone who does not specifically look for a lot of angsty romances in books. She even manages to do the impossible and develop non-annoying love triangles.The only book from her I did not enjoy very much was Heart´s Blood, but all the rest is LIFE!

Have you seen the 2015 cover for Daughter of the Forest :O so sad they didn't do a rerelease for the entire series :'( Can't wait to pick them up!

Juliet Maurillier is so great! I'm on Son of the Shadows now. It's funny because people are talking about what books they have left to read this year or what book they'll start 2019 with and I'm just like, my foreseeable horizons are full of Sevenwaters, it's a good feeling

How did you discover Juliet Marillier? Can't wait to read her books. You've convinced me that I have to!

I've been meaning to read Juliet Marillier for a while now since you keep recommending it and I love fantasy. I'm only worried about buying mass market paperbacks, is the font really tiny? Because I have real issues with small font 🙈 I'll probably read Wildwood Dancing first though. 😀

Great video!

I have bought her books because of you but i haven't read them yet haha

I also knew the answer to the video title before clicking on the video! 😁😊

Apologies if I have said this before but did you know that here in Ireland Sorcha is Irish for Sarah but in Scotland, it is Scottish for Claire?

Jean, I read the original Sevenwaters Trilogy years ago and really liked it. My favorite was Daughter of the Forest. After watching this video, as well as Lauren's, I may pick up Dreamer's Pool.

Did you know that Juliet Marillier actually posted this video on her facebook fan page?

did you ever continue the fables series?

Marriler is from 😊 what country? From Scotland or Check Republic ?