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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Brigid in Books

Feb 26, 2026  
Brigid
Brigid
Kim Curran | 2026 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
All of my favourite things in one book: historical fiction, fantasy, myth, retellings, Ireland and nuns!! What more could I want!!

Brigid is the daughter of a slave and a chieftain, and she narrowly escapes marriage to a man she doesn’t want, when a goddess hears her prayers. She helps her from this point on, and this is where the blurring between goddess/ paganism and catholicism starts - in a good way.

Brigid builds her sisterhood, cloaks it in religion and makes a safe haven for women in what would have been a brutal time for them. One of my favourite themes, found family, is prominent in this, along with sisterhood and religious politics.

I’m off to find The Morrigan, and I’m hoping that Kim Curran will continue to introduce us to the Irish folklore that I know far too little about.
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

May 21, 2026  
📚✨ The Story Hearth is now open ✨📚

A gathering place for readers, writers, and wanderers.

If you love stories woven with myth, folklore, old magic, and romance that lingers like a fireside tale, you’ll feel right at home here. 🌙🔥

Inside The Story Hearth, you’ll find:

📖 Bookish chats
🖋️ Writing conversations & encouragement
🌿 Folklore & mythology discussions
✨ Sneak peeks, lore, and story ramblings
💙 A cosy community of fellow wanderers

And for readers interested in ARCs or books from my backlist, there’s also a reader form you can fill in here: https://forms.gle/jwdFDqs77LD4D2Tu5

Pull up a chair by the fire; the stories are only just beginning. Here’s to new chapters, ancient legends, and the stories that connect us all. 💙

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Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Fremonsters in Books

Dec 23, 2021  
Fremonsters
Fremonsters
Amy Marie | 2021 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cody and his 2 friends Stevie and Brad, are ghost hunters not really having much to investigate, until a mysterious new artist displays his art at the museum of monsters that have been seen around the area over the years. Only now very peculiar things are happening which seem to point to some of the monsters being more than a myth!


A very well written descriptive story. You know where you are with this book no wondering what this that or the other is, as they are described in the book which really comes in handy when your not sure what something is. The close friendship between the friends is fantastic we all need close friends like that and are extremely lucky if we have them. An exciting captivating mystery that can be read again and again.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Immortals (2011) in Movies

Feb 11, 2018 (Updated Feb 11, 2018)  
Immortals (2011)
Immortals (2011)
2011 | Action, Classics
3
6.0 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Give it a Myth
Garishly CGI'd, savagely violent fantasy movie apparently aimed at people who thought 300 showed too much subtlety and restraint. Bad guy Hyperion (Mickey Rourke in a selection of funny hats) is out to destroy the world by releasing the Titans from their prison; the gods of Olympus can't intervene directly (one wonders why not) and get Henry Cavill to stop him instead.

By turns predictable and inept, and with some of the weirdest production designs ever seen in a mainstream movie, the sheer unevenness of Immortals gives it a certain novelty value to begin with, but the succession of scenes featuring eyes being gouged out, tongues removed, women roasted alive, men castrated with sledgehammers, and so on, quickly become wearing more than anything else. A bit like watching a cross between cut-scenes from Mortal Kombat and an off-year staging of the Eurovision Song Contest.