Review of Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition)
Posted: 15 Jan 2024, 11:27
[Following is a volunteer review of "Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition)" by Ayn Cates Sullivan.]
The literary work Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition) by Ayn Cates Sullivan was such a delight to listen to. Rather than just read the book on my own, I decided to do the audio version to really hear the author's works as they are written. I imagined the various environments that were described to me while on my own journeys in my car.
The book opened with Nina, a 17-year-old girl who has a widowed mother due to the loss of her father. Nina and her mother travel to the UK in hopes of healing old wounds and getting closer to her heritage. Nina appears to have a good friend, Owen, who is very much into Celtic culture, just as she is. While on her trip to the UK, communication lines are halted between the two, and she is disheartened about this.
Prior to embarking on her trip with her mother, Nina has been having a recurring dream where she is being followed, slips into a door, down a dark staircase, and meets a lady in a shimmering green dress who is calling her "Mage.” In an attempt to decipher the meaning behind her dream, she is taken on a journey. On this journey, Nina meets her twin flame and learns more about her family heritage on both her maternal and paternal sides.
Nina is kidnapped by King Arthur's sister, Morgen, spiritually awakened, thrown into self-discovery of who she really is (Nimue, a powerful sorceress), and sent on a quest to free Merlin. In her journey, she disturbs light and darkness, obtains a reputation for herself by accident, and must fix the balance between the two worlds. In her quest, years go by, and she is exposed to so much between the various worlds. Nina and Merlin are intertwined in a beautiful romance where Nina is taught various magic by Merlin and gains various understandings of the ways she feels as it relates to love, jealousy, desire, emptiness, and being whole. She appreciates time and the ability to be free and shapeshift to maneuver peacefully. She's in tune with nature and the way it feels and looks. This all plays into how she is able to free Merlin and be in tune with herself, nature, and her roots.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as I typically don’t read books in this genre. I enjoyed going on the journey with Nina/Nimue and related a lot of the underlying messages to reality. It caused me to take a step back and truly think about what matters to me, what is important, my own self-discovery, the people along the way, and the legacy I leave behind. The framework of this story was phenomenal by Ayn Cates Sullivan. It was refreshing.
I would recommend that only those with a mature audience read this masterpiece, as there is some sexual content. But all in all, it was a phenomenal read. I had the audible version of the book and didn't hear any mistakes as I attentively listened. I give this book a 5 out of 5 star rating.
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Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition)
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The literary work Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition) by Ayn Cates Sullivan was such a delight to listen to. Rather than just read the book on my own, I decided to do the audio version to really hear the author's works as they are written. I imagined the various environments that were described to me while on my own journeys in my car.
The book opened with Nina, a 17-year-old girl who has a widowed mother due to the loss of her father. Nina and her mother travel to the UK in hopes of healing old wounds and getting closer to her heritage. Nina appears to have a good friend, Owen, who is very much into Celtic culture, just as she is. While on her trip to the UK, communication lines are halted between the two, and she is disheartened about this.
Prior to embarking on her trip with her mother, Nina has been having a recurring dream where she is being followed, slips into a door, down a dark staircase, and meets a lady in a shimmering green dress who is calling her "Mage.” In an attempt to decipher the meaning behind her dream, she is taken on a journey. On this journey, Nina meets her twin flame and learns more about her family heritage on both her maternal and paternal sides.
Nina is kidnapped by King Arthur's sister, Morgen, spiritually awakened, thrown into self-discovery of who she really is (Nimue, a powerful sorceress), and sent on a quest to free Merlin. In her journey, she disturbs light and darkness, obtains a reputation for herself by accident, and must fix the balance between the two worlds. In her quest, years go by, and she is exposed to so much between the various worlds. Nina and Merlin are intertwined in a beautiful romance where Nina is taught various magic by Merlin and gains various understandings of the ways she feels as it relates to love, jealousy, desire, emptiness, and being whole. She appreciates time and the ability to be free and shapeshift to maneuver peacefully. She's in tune with nature and the way it feels and looks. This all plays into how she is able to free Merlin and be in tune with herself, nature, and her roots.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as I typically don’t read books in this genre. I enjoyed going on the journey with Nina/Nimue and related a lot of the underlying messages to reality. It caused me to take a step back and truly think about what matters to me, what is important, my own self-discovery, the people along the way, and the legacy I leave behind. The framework of this story was phenomenal by Ayn Cates Sullivan. It was refreshing.
I would recommend that only those with a mature audience read this masterpiece, as there is some sexual content. But all in all, it was a phenomenal read. I had the audible version of the book and didn't hear any mistakes as I attentively listened. I give this book a 5 out of 5 star rating.
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Nimue: Freeing Merlin (Barnes & Noble Edition)
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon