I keep trying to write a review, but I can't do the book justice, so I have to give it up. 
 Daughter of the Forest bored me in the first half, and I think it's because I was expecting the story to focus more on the retelling of the fairytale than it did. Not that the book doesn't focus on the fairytale. It's just so much richer than I had expected, and I thought it was wasting time in the beginning when really it was setting up a much larger plot that happens later in the book. Which I loved. 
 There are a lot of info-dumps in the first chapters, so beware of that, but other than those, this book is very well-written. Sorcha and her brothers and the myriad of other characters in the book are very realistically written, even though one of the villains tends to monologue. There's a love story here, too, that I think is very tastefully done. Unlike other novels I've read recently, where the 'chemistry' just reads as tension until there's sexytime and suddenly everyone's in love, there's a realistic amount of time building trust and friendship, and though the reader will notice the romance before the main character does, it's still subtle and beautiful. 
 I will warn you, there is a part of the story - a bit before the halfway point - where Sorcha is quite heinously abused, and I think survivors of sexual violence should be aware of it before reading. 
 But yeah... I'm giving Daughter of the Forest four stars, because I was bored out of my mind in the beginning, but it managed to win me over quite thoroughly. I have to say, I was probably just bored because this isn't the type of writing that I typically enjoy. But I soldiered on, and it really paid off. 
 Also, I super appreciate the historical setting for this book. A+. Or B+, I guess, considering I only gave it four stars.