Review: adventure, romance, fantasy - all that and more. . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2011
My Review:Serafay is sixteen years of age.  She has been living in a secluded cove with her mother who is a  Sualwet, a being of the sea.  Sera is half Saulwet and half Erlander, a being of the earth (like a human). Her mother had been captured by the Erlanders and experimented on.  She was able to escape, but only to later have a child of both worlds.  Sera is considered an outsider to both races so she must stay in exile, however one day while on the beach of her cove, a mysterious man snatches some papers she is drying, and runs off.  As she chases him down, she wonders who he is.  Sera's mother has taught her to distrust all Erlanders, and although Sera is cautious about strangers, she is determined to find out who the stranger is.  And so her adventure begins.I loved getting aquainted with Sera and her mysterious stranger.  I enjoyed learning about Sera and her mother's background, as well as how Sera has adapted to living in both worlds, both the land and the sea.  Her intelligence and keen understanding of things that she has never been taught ads a magical quality to her character.  I love how Sera is strong-willed, independent and yet vulnerable at the same time.  Just when she begins to realize that she is lonely in spite of having her mother with her, a new mysterious person arrives in her life.As for her new friend, Tor (Torkek), I love how he is an enigma.  He seems both strong and vulnerable, and well as determined to learn all he can, while still remaining mysterious I wonder what adventures will come their way, and I want to learn more about Tor and where he comes from.This is part one of a Serial Novel, which means that it is told in several short stories rather than a single long novel. .  I am anxious for the next volume in this serial novel, due to come out early in 2012.  I can't wait to see what happens next to both Sera and Tor.  Definitely a book worth reading, and an author worth following!