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[pollyssecretlibrary]

“The Words of Kings and Prophets”, by Shauna Lawless

I read this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review RELEASE DATE - September 14th, 2023 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The second book of the “Gael Song” series by Shauna Lawless picks the story right after the events of the first book. We now find that our main narrators (for there are more in this book, but not many more) Fódla and Gormflaith, are now settled in the same settlement. We see the sadness and the anger each of them keep in their hearts and how they conduct themselves as polar opposites in the present situation. The goodbyes to friends and relatives, the necessity of accepting the changes that are already taking place, the new situation between the Irish, and the Vikings, and the Dubliners and the conflicts that are still very subtle at the Tuatha Dé Danann. In a few words, this book is about powerful power-hungry people whose power is never enough, men thinking themselves as puppeteers when in fact they are the puppets.

“The Words of Kings and Prophets” slows down the pace of the story and goes into a darker place. We haven’t reached bottom yet and we need to go there before coming up again. This book is gloomier when Fódla takes the role of the storyteller, but when it’s Gormflaith’s turn to pick up the narration we can see red as her hatred, her arrogance, and the way she refuses to see her pride hurt. Gormflaith is the most selfish woman in this kingdom of Brian Boru and in her selfishness he makes many mistakes that she won’t acknowledge, for she is smart and resourceful but less intelligent than she thinks she is. For her part Fódla is prideful too but in a different way, she sees things like the ‘fae’ she is, and isn’t used to the ways of the humans, but she’s not unwilling to learn, and to bend her pride to the new customs and ways she learns on her journey.

As I said, in this book we have less action so to speak, less battles, and wars and more stories. Although there is an environment of violence that can almost be touched, smelled. The writing becomes more intimate, less self-contained and as beautiful and engaging as in “The Children of Gods and Fighting Men”. The prose is such a dream that it’s even hypnotic. Shauna Lawless has the power to make the reader dance to her tune and that music is so magical that said reader will be hopeless, dancing forever to the tin whistle and the bodhrán of the Irish of old, and the rage and joy of the Viking warriors.

The story is based on historical events, but only slightly, only as the setting… the rest is mythology, fantasy, and human behaviour, and development, growth. That’s undeniable that the difference between the previous book and this one is, in one word, growth. Lastly, I’d like to point out that Lawless manages to include social talk and the different potential sources to a problem every step of the way. Pay attention to Lucrecia and the slave dilemma, then extrapolate it to any and every social issue you can think of. You will realize that it works the same.

[marty270472]

Urlaub Tag 6, wie schnell doch die Zeit vergeht. Mythor gestern gelesen und Rodos angesehen. Heute wieder Strand. Passt auf Euch auf. 😊

[greenlady7]

Womb to Womb

Womb to wombThe knowledge passesThere is no other wayIt could have been Sisterhood is not a mythOr if it is it has achievedIts mythic size and shapeO’er countless generations In secrets whispered bySmall flickering fires andPainted on the walls of darkCaves through the ages Many of us they reviledAnd burned as witchesFrightened by our woman’sPower and our magic And even now when we areAt a…

[limejuicer1862]

#folktober #ekphrasticchallenge. Day Four. To celebrate the launch of my new poetry collection "As Folktaleteller" I am downloading 93 folklore art images, 3 per day in October and asking writers to write poetry or a short prose inspired by one, two or all three images. Please join Gaynor Kane, Ankh Spice, Jane Dougherty, Kyla Houbolt, Jessica Whipple, Jacqueline Dempsey-Cohen, Chris Husband, Eryn McConnell, Dave Garbutt, Merril Smith and I, plus those who react to the images on the day, as we explore images from folktales.

#folktober #ekphrasticchallenge. Day Four. To celebrate the launch of my new poetry collection “As Folktaleteller” I am downloading 93 folklore art images, 3 per day in October and asking writers to write poetry or a short prose inspired by one, two or all three images. Please join Gaynor Kane, Ankh Spice, Jane Dougherty, Kyla Houbolt, Jessica Whipple, Jacqueline Dempsey-Cohen, Chris Husband, Eryn McConnell, Dave Garbutt, Merril Smith and I, plus those who react to the images on the day, as we explore images from folktales.

F 1.4. Merrow Clonfert_Cathedral_Mermaid 2.4. Heksenmoeder the-witches-rout” F 3.4 Goody Cole 440px-Eunice_Cole_Court_Record_1673   The Merrows (inspired by F 1.4.) Merrow, the green-haired maid of mythOr muruch, murduchann or murduchuIf I ask you nicely would you show meYour cohuleen druith, your magical capOr would you perhaps sing your songAnd show me what it feels like to beSo very…

[luvtony]

same energy

[skywalkertrash]

Never-Ending List of Favorite Movies - Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 

[toywalker]

#Mythor # 27, check! Best issue since # 1. The evil wizards win the final battle by summoning an undead army from the swamps. I can dig it! Looking forward to the next issues! 🤘🏻⚔️☠️ #germanpulp #fantasyart #swordandsorcery #nikolailutohin #ernstvlcek #paulwolf https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrHYLhgNvv/?igshid=1o377q188b2jw

[apparentlyarts]

i b out here makin art finally! mythor in the gif, King Asa of the Court of Solars on the bottom one!

Mythor is a construct given human life through the death of a cait sidhe, and Asa is a faery king who likes to pretend he’s kind

[kanejjs]

what more could I lose?

[lovelilapple]

I’m #grateful that he asks me to join and watch his face light up as he thriving on #joy #love #mythor #deeliteful https://www.instagram.com/p/B0QqW6JgXHv/?igshid=ech0a9qddoam

[alecslightwood]

What were you the God of again?

[minimoefoe]

[sparklinsami26-blog]

#mythor #thosepuppydogeyestho #ilovemydogforever😍🐶💕 #heismygoodboy #myhandsomeboy💙 (at Davisburg, Michigan)

[70s-pop-80s]

Mythor # 104

[mzrekko]

#MyThor #LazySunday (at Photos by Rekko) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boo0mKElMPf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12re56a9wx57v

[askceliahamblog]

The Urban Thor #thor #sealyhamterrier #sealyham #sealyhamsofinstagram #sealy #sealyhamofmylife #dogoftheday #sendadogphoto #dublinireland #urbandog #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #dogs #dogsofinstaworld #mydogiscutest #mythor #dogofmylife #followme #followmydog (at County Dublin)