YMMV / The Sevenwaters Trilogy

• Angst? What Angst?: As soon as Sibeal finds a way to bring both halves of herself together, the world is right again.
  • Vows? What vows?
• Draco in Leather Pants: Everyone really likes Knut when he’s pulled from the shipwreck. He’s helpful, concerned about everyone’s welfare and even takes part in the fighting challenges on the island. It’s all a façade.
• Fridge Brilliance: The original Sevenwaters family and the Sevenwaters family in the later books are like mirror images to one another. For example:
  • Niamh and Colum had six sons and one daughter/ Sean and Aisling had six daughters and one son.
  • Niamh died giving birth to Sorcha/ Aisling almost died giving birth to Finbar.
  • Niamh always longed for a daughter/ Aisling always longed for a son.
  • Sorcha was beloved of her brothers and raised by them/ Finbar was lonely and neglected, and barely knew any of his sisters as they were already grown up and married.
• Jerkass Woobie: Clodagh remarks that Cathal is the rudest man she’s ever laid eyes on. Even after Clodagh rescues him from the Otherworld, he maintains some of his jerkass qualities. But it’s clear he’s softened after his journey, particularly where Clodagh is concerned. He becomes a Bruiser with a Soft Center.
• Moral Event Horizon: Almost all the villains have one.
  • Oonagh's comes when she turns Sorcha's brothers into swans.
  • Eamonn the Second causes the death of Liam, who is like a father to him, and kidnaps and tortures Bran and Gull.
  • Mac Dara crosses it when he kills Aidan, Cathal's best friend, and burns Glencarnagh to the ground.
  • Richard of Northwoods crosses it when he orders his men to kill Sorcha when she is out gathering starwort. They end up killing John instead, who was guarding Sorcha.
• Stoic Woobie: Ciaran. Also Sorcha in Daughter of the Forest.

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