Alison Croggon The Gift Review

Good Points
Excellent characters who you care for

General Comments
Alison Croggon The Gift.



Maerad is a young woman growing up facing tyranny and oppression. Her family is dead and she is forced to work in Gilman's Cot as a slave.

One day she meets a man, named Cadvan and he can do magic.



As it turns out, so can she.



I had never heard of Alison Croggon until I checked out the book in WHSmith.



As this is quite a large book, it took a fair while to read.

But trust me, it is worth all the time and money in the world.



From the moment I read the first page, I knew I was trapped. I needed to read the book, and finish it as quickly as possible.



Like The Black Magicians Trilogy (Trudi Canavan), there is a strong female lead, immersed in magic and defying their status to become strong people, but they are never the same story.



Among the magic, the book still gets across the humour, pain, suffering and action, as well as a simmering potential love story.



As this is only one book in a quartet, I suggest, no, beg you, to buy this book, along with The Riddle its sequel, and the others in the series when they are released.