Review: Something Original and Refreshing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2012
Kait a willful and independent young woman refuses to let anyone dictate how she will live her life.  We meet her as she is bartering eggs with a fisherman.  She sees her good friends father carrying a crying bundle and is relieved to see that she has finally given birth.  Assuming the new grandfather is out and about to proudly show off his grandchild she presses near to see the baby.  However, the grandfather seems less then willing to let anyone glimpse the babe and moves closer to the ocean.  Hearing her friends soulful wail she runs to her aid and finds out from the midwife and her friend that the child is half selkie and the girls father is plannning on drowning the infant.  Kait attempts to catch the man but arrives just after the deed is done.  She attempts to save the poor creature but, alas, is too late.Hiding in the oceans depths and plant life a selkie male hears the childs cry and goes to invesitgate and sees the babe as it expires and sees that is a selkie child. The first person he sees is Kait searching for the child and assumes she is the executioner of the child and furiously follows her home to exact revenge.There really isn't much out having to do with the selkies.  I had heard of them, but really didn't know much about them.  So, this was a very intriguing read.  It grabs hold and doesn't let go until the very end.  The dialect in the dialogue as well as the superstition of the villagers really sets the scene.  I would suggest this to anyone that is looking for something different to read.  The romance and folklore/mythology of the story is fabulous.