A review by books_coffee_cornwall
Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The story is told from the viewpoint of three main characters Herla - Lord of the hunt, separate from her love Boudicca by time and space, Ine - King of Wessex making discoveries about himself and Æthel - Queen of Wessex held back by her station and her marriage. The king of Dumnonia is dead and who will inherit the leadership of the Dumnonni? Will Herla learn to be human again? Can Æthel be the warrior queen she wants and rekindle her relationship with One?

It's Fantasy, History and Queer. All the things I love. It's set in the southwest with my Cornish ancestors  being the magical ones. Bonus points for sapphic and asexual characters. Emrys deserves 5 stars just themself. Strong political and religious structures including pantheistic nature based belief and practice (my Religious Studies geekiness jumped for joy). Of course I am going to like this book. It won't be everyone's cuppa tea because of the language and time period (even more extra bonus points for the amount of research that must have gone into this). 

Lucy will be an auto buy author for me.