The Forest House
- 478
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Forest House” is a prequel to “The Mists of Avalon” that will mean most to readers already drawn to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Avalon. Written with Diana L. Paxson, though she goes uncredited, it follows a priestess torn between loyalty to her own people and love for a soldier of Rome. Some readers find that it starts well enough but weakens badly by the end.
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About the book
The Forest House is a fantasy novel by American writers Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, though the latter is uncredited by the publisher. It is a prequel to Bradley's Arthurian novel The Mists of Avalon.
Reading order · Avalon Series
Full order & progress →- The Fall of AtlantisStart here
–Not ranked yet - Ancestors of Avalon
–Not ranked yet - Sword of AvalonSword of Avalon–Not ranked yet
- Ravens of Avalon
–Not ranked yet - The Forest HouseThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Lady of Avalon
–Not ranked yet - Priestess of Avalon
–Not ranked yet - The Mists of Avalon
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 8 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 58 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Forest House?
It has 478 pages — shorter than 61% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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