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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Kris Welsh’s Celtic Love Knot Trilogy reimagines Celtic legend through Scáthach, the warrior trainer who speaks from Tír na nÓg, the Otherworld realm of eternal youth, as she remembers Cú Chulainn, the famed Hound of Ulster who trained at her fortress on the Isle of Skye. Her twin sister Aoife enters with her own account of Cú Chulainn after their relationship changes the bond between the sisters. The warrior himself then takes over the story, considering the path that carried him from boyhood into service to Ulaid, the ancient kingdom he defended. Each voice claims a different understanding of the past, turning shared history into a contest of memory as prophecy continues, binding the warriors to one another across mortal life and the Celtic Otherworld.
Kris Welsh’s Celtic Love Knot Trilogy is beautifully written historical fiction, and Welsh does a beautiful job with Celtic lore, breathing life into the people behind the legends. Cú Chulainn is fascinating, and Welsh develops him into a fully fleshed-out warrior whose affection for Ferdiad, the foster brother who trained beside him, lingers with a wish to have him at his side again. I love Emer, who is meticulously drawn, with her memories placing the celebrated warrior inside the marriage she shared with him. Welsh shines in making ancient Ireland a character in its own right, from the riverbed churned dry beneath the fighters at the ford to the Plain of Muirthemne, where Cú Chulainn’s standing stone rises above bloodied ground. Intelligently written with an extraordinary grasp of Celtic lore, and with Gaelic vocabulary that sits naturally within the prose, readers who love mythic fiction will adore this trilogy.
