A review by lucy_qhuay
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

5.0

Heir To Sevenwaters was a beautiful journey, that confronted me with one of my greatest fears.

I loved the way Cathal and Clodagh's relationship developed.
There was huge animosity between the two of them, especially from his side, which made me suspect since the beginning that he was interested in her.
However, they didn't really know one another and what happened is that they made a lot of false judgements and kept making each other outraged.
And then there was also Aidan, Cathal's best friend, who was interested in Clodagh, to make things harder.
But once they got together to complete Clodagh's mission, meaning saving baby Finbar from the Otherworld, they got to know each other really well and see the truth behind the façade.
Clodagh saw that Cathal was not the insolent, arrogant jerk that he seemed but that he was a warm, giving, caring man capable of love and who harbored a lot of pain inside him.
He had always known that he was different and that he would never fit in anywhere, which caused him great sorrow, so he always made sure, with that hostile behavior of him, that he would be even more singled out from the rest of people.
And Cathal saw that she was not a boring little girl, whose only purpose in life would be being a fine wife to some guy.
He saw that she was a strong woman with a great heart and who always saw the best in everybody. A woman capable of great love and sacrifice.

Their love story was just beautiful! +.+
Cathal really needed somebody to love him, no matter who or what he was, with all his flaws and oddities.
He was such a great tortured hero!
He always lived with a deep hatred of his father and everything he did to his mother and, as he always suspected who his father was, until a certain point, he has always hated himself as well and feared that he could become just like him.
Also, he always suffered thinking that his mother had failed him, which made him close himself even more.
He really needed to see that no, he wasn't alone and that he wasn't his father. He needed to see that he was worthy of love and that the people who loved him would never leave him.
He just needed a chance, liek everybody else.

So, we're talking about Juliet Marillier here folks. Of course that this book is awesome and you should all read it! =D