Morgan is My Name, by Sophie Keetch - Milly
Myths, legends, and folklore form part of our every day lives with these wonderful stories shaping how we see and interpret the world around us.
Morgan is My Name is an absolute triumph. It is such a beautiful, powerful, exquisite retelling of the life of Morgan le Fay, half sister to King Arthur.
Sophie Keetch really brings Morgan to life in this story - the fire in her will not be diminished. I was intrigued to learn Morgan is traditionally portrayed as a villainess, as I absolutely adored her character in this book. She is a force to be reckoned with: loyal, strong-willed, fierce, stubborn, and determined.
We witness how the death of her father, the forced remarriage of her mother to the conniving Uther Pendragon, finding out what it is to love, and how she is forced to live, are events that conspire to shape Morgan into the woman she becomes, and perhaps always was meant to be.
"I was dark and made of shards, formed under pressure in places light did not reach. I was flint, and always had been."
Magic, love, friendship, brutality, betrayal, hatred, cruelty, longing, and the celebration of womanhood are written about so beautifully. This book is an absolute joy to read and wonderfully evocative.
"We were water then, fluent, indivisible; a lake in a rainstorm, rippling with life; a waterfall colliding with itself in tumult and thrill; a river in spring thaw, wild and unceasing, rushing to meet the salt embrace of the sea."
Words cannot do justice to how good this book is - all I can say is you simply just have to read it!
It is fantastic that there will be more books to follow. I cannot wait to read the rest of Morgan's story. For now though, this one gets 10 stars, and more if I could give them. Highly recommended indeed.
Milly
