White Rose of Avalon

Book Review

  • ‘How to Become a Mermaid’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my thoughts on the book How to Become a Mermaid: Embodying the Elemental Energy of Water by Elyrria Swann!   I first read this book back in 2022, but I never posted a review of it at the…

  • ‘The Once and Future Queen’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of The Once and Future Queen by Nicole Evelina!   So, this is a re-read of a book that I originally read five years ago.   After re-reading the author’s trilogy of novels about Guinevere, I just had to…

  • ‘The Guinevere’s Tale Trilogy’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of The Guinevere’s Tale Trilogy by Nicole Evelina, which I have just re-read for the first time since reading it five years ago!   This is a fantastic trilogy of novels written by an author who truly adores Guinevere…

  • ‘Meeting the Melissae’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of Meeting the Melissae: The Ancient Greek Bee Priestesses of Demeter by Elizabeth Ashley.    As someone who has long been fascinated with the Melissae, this book was a great find, and it skyrocketed to the top of my…

  • ‘The Road to Avalon’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.     Today’s blog post is a review of The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf.   This book is an Arthurian novel originally published in 1988, but the copy I own is the 2007 re-release with the forward by Mary Jo Putney.     I…

  • ‘Mabon and the Celtic Guardians of Britain’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain: Hero Myths in the Mabinogion by Caitlin Matthews!   I have had this book on my to-read list for a while now, and I am happy to have finally read this…

  • A Review of ‘Beren and Luthien’ by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien.   I was so delighted to dig into this book as my next outing into the world of Middle-Earth.   Given that it is probably the most iconic love…

  • ‘The Book of Melusine of Lusignan’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of The Book of Melusine of Lusignan: in History, Legend, and Romance edited (with translations) by Gareth Knight.     This is the last book I had on my to-read list as a source for building my Melusine Online…

  • ‘Melusine’ by Jean d’Arras Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of the book Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan by Jean d’Arras.   Of course, I had read this book years ago, but I have recently re-read this tome as research in preparation for the Melusine Online Class I…

  • ‘Labyrinth Tarot Deck’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Tarot Thursday review of the Labyrinth Tarot Deck written by Minerva Siegel and with art by Tomas Nijo.   Regular readers may be aware that the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, has been one of…