Life is strong in me and I will not grieve for what was or might have been. I have no more tears for my youth in the temple of the brindled ox. I will weep no more for the lost, asleep in their water graves. I won't go on, but this was a big disappointment. The writing also seemed more like the book was meant for middle-grade ages than an adult fantasy. One minute she's a little girl and suddenly she's plotting against her sister. Morgain's character development to the villainess is non-existent. For example, Charis becomes the Lady of the Lake because she was swimming once in a vision. Lawhead does a deft job in weaving in the Arthurian legend with the Atlantis story, but sometimes it's a reach. I know that Christian monks came in droves to Britain after the Romans left, but Taliesin was a druid and there's no indication that he converted in any records I've found. Taliesin is more of a minor character, a Celtic bard who she eventually decides to marry after he becomes a Christian. This is really a story about Charis, and a lot of time is spent on her life and the sinking of Atlantis. This is not that book despite the title.In theory, the book is split between Taliesin and Charis, the Atlantean princess and bull-dancer, but the Taliesin sections, especially at the first part, are more about the Celtic settlement he lives in. Lawhead's books and I wanted to read more about Taliesin after a trip to Wales.
I grabbed this book because I generally like Mr.
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