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Legacy of Hunger Druid Brooch Series #1 edition by Christy Nicholas Literature Fiction eBooks

I loved this book. Christy Nicholas depicts the magic of Ireland so well—the sense that time and reality are mutable, that the land itself is a presence.

In 1846, that land is in trouble, victimized by a cruel economic system compounding agricultural failure. There’s food in Ireland, but it’s being sold abroad. Farmers unable to pay their rent are sent to workhouses or allowed to starve (if they’re not beaten to death first).

Wealthy, young American Valentia McDowell knows nothing of these problems when she sets out to find a talisman long held by her mother’s family in Ireland. She can’t explain why her quest is important, but the lure of the ancient penannular brooch is strong.

A catastrophic ocean voyage brings loss. Health shattered, Valentia recovers at a spa, where she depends on the care of her servant, Maggie, and begins to shed her “proper” Victorian hauteur. It’s there, too, that she falls in love, makes her first connection with the Fair Folk, and meets the people who will become the family of her heart. By the time her quest continues, she’s well on her way toward her personal evolution.

Finding her relatives and the brooch isn’t easy. When she does, her transformation is complete. Valentia finally understands her destiny.

It’s hard to write about Legacy of Hunger without spoilers. So read the book. If you love Ireland, you’re in for a wonderful experience.


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Legacy of Hunger Druid Brooch Series #1 edition by Christy Nicholas Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Fascinating, no other words needed.
Valentia McDowell, I love that name and I love the character, and I love the story, okay you could easily see that I really like the book.
What first started as a girl living a normal and comfortable life, turned into something much bigger and personal, Valentia’s heritage is a mystery for her, and she don’t have a single clue of why she have to travel so far to recover something that ultimately belongs to her.
On her way a lot of things happened, good and bad but she overcome it all, and when she finally understand her purpose, everything will not be the same. It’s hard to describe the story without spoiling it, so what I really want to tell you is that you are not going to regret reading it. There’s a little bit of everything here and Valentia is so a likeable character, there’s even romance here and I don’t care it’s fitting, so go read it.
I'm not going to revisit the plot, as both the description and other reviews do that well enough.

What I liked This author has a wonderful talent for description. Many of the settings felt quite real, with the vivid prose used to describe them. I always admire writers who can paint a scene as this author does and make it look effortless, since I find that particular part of writing VERY difficult, personally. (Give me dialogue and I can knock it out with so much realism... make me write a descriptive paragraph and it's all blood, sweat, tears, and swearing ;) ) And not just the settings, but also things like the period clothing. I loved that I needed to look up some terms to see exactly what they looked like. (Not everyone likes to do that, I'm sure, but I'm totally a nerd like that ;) )

I also found the struggle of the main character quite realistic. By this I mean the struggle of a strong-willed woman in a society that does not value strength in women. Watching Valentia navigate social and political situations was quite gratifying, if sometimes also frustrating (due to the situation, not the writing).

What I liked less The pacing was slower and the plot meandered about much more than I would have liked. It's not that things weren't interesting, but it seemed as if there was a lot going on that had nothing to do with moving the plot forward. I wold have liked a lot more tension revolving around Valentia's goal of finding the brooch. It didn't seem as if it mattered all that much beyond simply being curious about a family trinket. I would have loved more drive and higher stakes.

Overall, this was a good read. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
This book, set in America and then in Ireland in 1846, is well researched and interesting from a historical setting perspective.

The main character, Valentia, embarks on a journey from her birth home in America to her ancestral homeland in Ireland. Valentia is determine to find her Irish family, the sisters of her grandmother who immigrated to America when she was young, and a brooch that her grandmother had left behind in Ireland. She sets off on her travels with her younger brother, Conor, and both of their servants and helpers. Illness strikes during their crossing of the ocean on board a ship and both Conor and his male attendant die and are buried at sea. Valentia, who has also been nearly fatally ill, and her maid, Maggie, are left to carry on alone.

Legacy of Hunger is the story of Valentia’s experiences in Ireland, starting with her convalescing at a health spa and continuing through her travels around Ireland in search of her family at a time when the land was in the grip of chronic famine. I enjoyed the history included in this story and learned a lot of information that I did not previously know about Ireland during the famine. It was heartbreaking reading about the indifference of the English landlords at this time of significant hardship for the local people.

The development of Valentia’s character as she experiences illness, hardship, romance an attempted rape is well done and I enjoyed her story although I did wonder whether some of her attitudes, thoughts and behaviours were feasible, given the time period and her sex and wealthy upbringing. The ending of the book was a bit of a let down for me and was not what I expected. The author introduced a lot of supernatural phenomena and paranormal experiences which, although these topics had been introduced to some extent earlier in the book, felt a bit out of context for me. I would have preferred the book to have remained firmly on the historical novel path and any folklore and supernatural myths and tales to have been incorporated in the context of stories told by the locals.

I rated this book 3.5 out of 5 stars on .
I loved this book. Christy Nicholas depicts the magic of Ireland so well—the sense that time and reality are mutable, that the land itself is a presence.

In 1846, that land is in trouble, victimized by a cruel economic system compounding agricultural failure. There’s food in Ireland, but it’s being sold abroad. Farmers unable to pay their rent are sent to workhouses or allowed to starve (if they’re not beaten to death first).

Wealthy, young American Valentia McDowell knows nothing of these problems when she sets out to find a talisman long held by her mother’s family in Ireland. She can’t explain why her quest is important, but the lure of the ancient penannular brooch is strong.

A catastrophic ocean voyage brings loss. Health shattered, Valentia recovers at a spa, where she depends on the care of her servant, Maggie, and begins to shed her “proper” Victorian hauteur. It’s there, too, that she falls in love, makes her first connection with the Fair Folk, and meets the people who will become the family of her heart. By the time her quest continues, she’s well on her way toward her personal evolution.

Finding her relatives and the brooch isn’t easy. When she does, her transformation is complete. Valentia finally understands her destiny.

It’s hard to write about Legacy of Hunger without spoilers. So read the book. If you love Ireland, you’re in for a wonderful experience.