In the Forests of Serre Book Review
Patricia A. McKillip's novel, In the Forests of Serre, takes the reader through a magical world where nothing is what it seems and marvelous things can occur and unravel. McKillip weaves her magic to tell the spellbinding tale of two lovers, unwilling to love each other, but in weird circumstances, find that their destiny will entangle in a journey full of magic, suspense, and love. The novel starts off in the kingdom of Serre, where the main character, Prince Ronan, had just arrived from fighting in a war. He had lost both his wife and son previously and hoped that the war would kill him. Unfortunately, he meets up with the Mother of All Witches, Brume, who curses him for killing one of her white chickens; if he was to ever enter the forest again, he would never find a way out. Prince Ronan didn't heed the curse, thinking that it was not as bad as the death of his wife and son. When he got back home, the king informs him that he has been......
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