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Merissa (14013 KP) rated Fire in the Rain (Wraidd Elfennol #4) in Books

Aug 27, 2020  
Fire in the Rain (Wraidd Elfennol #4)
Fire in the Rain (Wraidd Elfennol #4)
Morgan Sheppard | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
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10.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Fire in the Rain is the fourth and final book in the Wraidd Elfennol series and brings this fantastical series to a fitting end.

Afon and Necia are a married couple, which makes a nice change, who have been together for five years. They are both Chosen to bring back the balance once more although Necia copes with it easier than Afon does.

Just the same as with Of Land and Sky, time has moved on and we meet the great-grandchildren of Bran and Shyla, Rhosyn and Opal. I love how past characters are brought into the story whilst each story stands by itself, although I would recommend reading them as a series as there is an overall story arc.

This book has a faster pace than the others but it is just as nail-biting in places. Packed full of emotions, this story deals with self-confidence and self-worth as well as other subjects.

This has been a full-on fantasy series that I have thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend to all fantasy lovers, especially if you have a love of Welsh mythology.

"The one thing that always remained true, no matter what other change occurred, was the love to be found within the silence of beats of the heart of Wraidd Elfennol."

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

Jun 16, 2026  
Welsh midsummer customs didn't arrive in a single night of ceremony. They gathered across days, a slow accumulation of small attentive acts that together said something the individual gestures couldn't quite manage alone.

Wells and springs were visited at dawn in the days around the solstice, when the water was believed to carry a particular potency that it wouldn't hold at any other point in the year.

This is Ffynnon Tref-y-llwyn, the Virtuous Well at Trellech in Monmouthshire, one of Wales's most beloved sacred springs. It's been a place of pilgrimage and quiet reverence for centuries, its waters long considered to hold healing properties.

It's exactly the kind of place that would have drawn people at midsummer, when that virtue was believed to be at its height. There's something about standing beside it that makes the tradition feel entirely natural rather than distant.

Herbs were gathered with care across the same long days. Vervain, elder, and St John's wort were kept through winter because what was collected in the midsummer light was understood to hold more virtue than what came before or after. Fires were lit on high ground, not as warding or supplication but as acknowledgement, a way of meeting the height of the light and carrying it forward.

What strikes me about all of it is how unhurried it is. No single moment of transformation. Just a community paying close attention to the world it lived inside and deciding that noticing was enough. 🌿💧

Photo: the Virtuous Well, Trellech
#WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales #MythAndMoonlight