Review: What an AMAZING book!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2012
Kindle Version  (free from author for honest review)What a book!  The tale starts when Kait's friend has a baby that is half selkie so it is drowned in the water surrounding the island by the babies grandfather.  Kait sees this as a very wrong action to take and goes after the grandfather.  When she sees him toss the baby into the water Kait jumps in after it, but she is too late to save the baby.  When she is in the water a selkie male takes interest in her...at first to kill her because he thinks she is the one responsible for killing the baby that was one of his own kind.  When he goes to kill Kait he sees something in her that makes him curious about her and not so willing to kill her anymore.  Instead he lets her see him in his human form.  Kait comes to love this selkie, whether it's because of some selkie spell or lure or because she really loves him, she isn't too sure.  Kait's parents died and now her brother has been responsible for her, even though they are twins and the same age.  He wants to marry, but can't do so without first marrying off Kait.  He arranges a marriage between her and a man 20 years her senior from town, much to the displeasure and disgust of Kait.  To get away from this she starts focusing more and more on the male selkie.  She can't seem to get enough of him, and oddly enough he seems to be slowly coming to like being around her too.  When Kait's brother is off finalizing things for his wedding Kait does something unthinkable and frowned upon by all in the town to get out of marrying the man she has been promised to.  When her brother comes back there is quite the mess to sort out.  Can Kait look to a selkie for help when they are said only to harm humans?  Can she really outsmart her brother to get out of marrying a man she hates?  Is it possible for a selkie to come to care for a human woman and not just use her?  Even if a selkie man can come to care about Kait, how can a relationship ever work between a human girl and a selkie, who needs the sea to survive?I absolutely loved this book.  The first chapter or two I have to admit, I was iffy on the book, but decided to give it a fighting chance.  After the next few chapters I was hooked.  This is a wonderful romance story that has a paranormal twist, and not vampire paranormal either, which I found refreshing.  I have never read any books about selkies, so was a bit worried I would be lost with understanding the dynamics of the characters, but the author did an amazing job with describing them.  The characters in this book are very memorable, as are the situations they come to be in.  This was a very good read and was very different than what I have been reading lately, which was a nice change too.  Kait was by far my favorite character.  She is strong willed, not a "typical" woman, someone who fights for what she feels is right, and isn't going to let anything stand in her way of going after her dreams.  She is also very strong willed and not easily railroaded by the men on the island that think a woman should have no say in things.  Well written and just a great read!5/5 Stars!