Set in Pre-Roman Britain, The Apollo's Raven is a historical fiction/fantasy based on a well researched mix of Celtic history and mythology revolving around Catrin, princess and the youngest daughter of King Amren of the Cantiaci people. Initially forbidden by her father from having anything to do with sorcery, Catrin is unable to avoid harnessing her powers which is later found to be the key in saving her family and people from the danger imposed by the curse set on her father years before she was born. Will Catrin be able to fulfill her role as savior to her people? Or will she fall to the deadly charms of their Roman hostage, Marcellus, son of Lucius Antonius, who seeks to win the Roman emperor's favor by proposing to invade Britain and
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Its hard not to sigh at how contradictory they are to themselves. Catrin's contradictory nature is first seen when Marcellus was presented to Catrin. She was already ogling him with such obvious desire but, when her father asks her to seduce Marcellus right after their meeting, she rejects the notion because she had no experience with men and had no intentions of doing so with a Roman. Marcellus on the other hand, dives head first into the fire at every opportunity despite always saying how he does not want to end up following the footsteps of his ancestors who died because of being seduced by a …show more content…
There are so many lines which, to me, were completely unneeded and had no relevance whatsoever in the story. In one instance where King Amren is revealing the details of his curse to Catrin, he "waved his hand through the candle flame as if the burning pain eased the discomfort of what he was about to reveal" then later as he shows Catrin the dagger which held the inscriptions of the curse, he "reverently lifted the dagger with both hands and kissed the blade". I also had an issue with the author using curse words because it takes the reader away from the ancient atmosphere since many of the words used have only surfaced much later than the timeline of the
Its hard not to sigh at how contradictory they are to themselves. Catrin's contradictory nature is first seen when Marcellus was presented to Catrin. She was already ogling him with such obvious desire but, when her father asks her to seduce Marcellus right after their meeting, she rejects the notion because she had no experience with men and had no intentions of doing so with a Roman. Marcellus on the other hand, dives head first into the fire at every opportunity despite always saying how he does not want to end up following the footsteps of his ancestors who died because of being seduced by a …show more content…
There are so many lines which, to me, were completely unneeded and had no relevance whatsoever in the story. In one instance where King Amren is revealing the details of his curse to Catrin, he "waved his hand through the candle flame as if the burning pain eased the discomfort of what he was about to reveal" then later as he shows Catrin the dagger which held the inscriptions of the curse, he "reverently lifted the dagger with both hands and kissed the blade". I also had an issue with the author using curse words because it takes the reader away from the ancient atmosphere since many of the words used have only surfaced much later than the timeline of the