Review: love the way  Rosanna Leo spins a tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
I just love the way  Rosanna Leo spins a tale: her heroines are clever, a bit unusual with great interior dialogues and snappy (if not snarky) comebacks.  Her heroes are just as delectable: gorgeous and not entirely human, usually a bit dysfunctional in their communication, and always fun to watch their adaptions to a human world.  In The Selkie Leo has again managed to take an ancient tale and modernize it for present day tastes and sensibilities.For those unfamiliar: a selkie is a creature from old Scottish, Icelandic, Irish and Far Island (Danish) legend: most often taking the form of a seal in normal life - but with the ability to transform to human shape to live and love on earth for short periods of time.  Male selkies are said to be most attracted to women who are in transition: after bad love affairs, with horrible husbands or soured on men entirely.In this story, we meet Maggie - recently removing a faithless fiancé from her life, she has been summoned to the Orkney Islands to clear her grandmother's estate issues and claim the seal pelt that is her inheritance.With clever dialog, a plot twist that throws Calan and Maggie together, and the ever-logical Maggie being confronted with the potential that this new man in her life is lying, this story is laced with humor and cleverly paced interactions that will keep you turning pages.While there was some overuse of the "ex" phrase, in that feeble attempt by both parties to prove their attractiveness, and perhaps fuel jealousy and desirability showed a true side of human interaction in relationships.  And one that, if we are honest, has been pulled out of our own interactions.From the first page to the last, there is a fun story here: and Rosanna Leo is sure to become one of those authors you pick for those fun and light afternoon reads.I purchased an eBook copy for my own personal enjoyment.  I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.