" This was a disappointing addition to the Mists of Avalon series. In the introduction, the co-author notes that Marion Zimmer Bradley died during the creation of this novel and sadly, it shows. The book devotes far too much time on the details of the ancient geography, thus sacrificing valuable time that should have been spent forging strong characters. Even though you follow Helen for upwards of 70 years, it is much harder to fall in love with her than previous heroines in the series. Characters are sketchy and I found myself skipping over segments bogged down with details of location. The place names were much harder to keep track of than previous reads and really detracted from my overall enjoyment. In general, it was an interesting imagining of the Pagan/Christian change-over but it was not enough to redeem the book. "
— Amanda, 1/26/2014