Heart’s Blood – Juliet Marillier
Pan Macmillan, 2009
410 pages
RRP: AU$32.99
ISBN: 978-1-4050-3943-7

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Heart’s Blood is an enjoyable fantasy story, loosely based on Beauty and the Beast, set in Medieval Ireland. Since B&B has always been my favourite fairy tale, I jumped at the chance to read this novel written by Western Australian author Juliet Marillier. I’d only read Marillier’s young adult titles before (Wildwood Dancing and Cybele’s Secret), so I didn’t have many preconceptions about what I would find. I ended up staying up almost all night to finish it, so it’s safe to say that this was a great read.

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