Review: Beautiful Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
"Skeleton Lake" is wonderfully original.It's seems harder and harder to find a story that will capture your attention but still be new and invigorating. Kulig manages to do this with her beautiful prose and creative storytelling about skeletons.The story is told in the first person from Marlow's point of view and it moves very quickly.  However at points it does move to swiftly leaving you to piece together key points that would have made the story more coherent if explained better.As for the characters Marlow is inexperienced and trying hard to understand the world she has been thrust into while Raiden wants to do anything he can to protect her. Since there is always one bad seed this would be Conrad who is full of angst but as his tale unfolds it becomes easy to root for him as the underdog. While they are all vibrant, rich and full of life (or not) none are as important as the lake which is full of magic and mystical powers and ultimately holds truths of its own.Too many books have over used love triangles, insta-love and soul mates which this book offers up as well. Yet the unique twist that the author put on these concepts definitely gives it an edge making it once again somewhat unique and original.The weak point of this book is the shallow plot which doesn't hold enough attention to the things that go bump in the night however there is enough strength in the love story to draw you into the next chapter of the saga with the novella "Skeleton Song" and then "Dust of the Dead Sea".