Book 1 of The Dragon Heart Legacy. It's always difficult for me to start a new series, or in this case, trilogy. Book 1 has to introduce all the characters, set the scene, and finally get into the storyline. Then, once I'm in and invested, the pages fly by. That's what happened with this book. The main characters are Breen Kelly and her BFF, Marco Olsen, in the human world. Specifically, Philadelphia, PA. Breen is a school teacher, which she hates. Marco is a musician who works at a music store and a drag queen bar. Breen & Marco live together, but since Marco is gay, they are not a couple, just best friends. They grew up together from early childhood.
Breen has been undermined by her mother, Jennifer, since she was about 10 years old. That's when her father, Eian, left them and never returned. She's been made to think she is less than who she is. Breen puts a brown rinse on her red hair and dresses in baggy beige. She tries to blend into the background of her life. One day she discovers that her mother has been hiding something from her. Breen's dad has been sending her money since he left - and now that account is worth nearly $4 million. Breen has been living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to pay her bills for years and years. Needless to say, she gets very angry at her mother! This is her "life changing moment".
Breen decides to fly to Ireland to try to find her father, which is where he was from. She quits her job and finds a quaint cabin in the woods to stay in for three months. Marco decides to go with Breen for the first two weeks. Thanks to Marco, she "blossoms" into her natural appearance: beautiful red, curly hair. He also throws away her old wardrobe! Marco also encourages Breen to start writing. He sets up a blog for her, so she can blog her experiences in Ireland. This writing leads her to additional writing - meaning books.
Once Marco returns to the US, things really start changing for Breen. Thanks to a stray puppy, she passes through the Welcoming Tree, which brings her into Talamh. Talamh is a world of the Fey, the Wise, faeries, trolls and gods. She meets her grandmother, Marg (Mairghread O'Ceallaigh); keeps the dog, Bollocks, which wasn't really a "stray"; finds out who her father really was (and unfortunately that he is long dead, which is why he never returned to Philadelphia); meets a wonderful family, including Keegan, the current taoiseach who took the sword from the Lake of Truth and accepts the Staff of Justice. He is the leader of the Talamh. Most importantly, Breen discovers who she really is - and why she was lead to Talamh.
Wendy's Rating: ****
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