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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is just a fun lightweight book. It took me a few hours to finish, and was just what I needed after some recent heavier choices. The characters are comfy, the story well-paced and overall just a fun read. ( ) A wonderful telling of the Selkie legend. In the style of Nora Roberts, the author writes in something that is likely omniscient third person (lots of POV switches), but I didn't have any difficulty keeping up. I enjoyed the legend, I enjoyed the romance and the small community that banded together to help a stranger, who has distant ties to their island in her past. I liked the setting, I loved the selkie legend, I liked the interactions and the pictures painted by the words. I found the tension created by the husband back in his personal dictatorship stunning and real. I found the steamy bits too steamy for my taste, but then I write childrens/MG books and maybe I'm just not used to that stuff! I was really irritated at the start by language choices totally out of keeping with the setting and characters, but these didn't continue through into the later book, and the pace of the tale enabled me to more or less forget them. But it made me feel the author didn't really know island Irish people - or what a remote west coast island would be like. But it is a great tale, spun tight and wringing your heartstrings out along with the heroine's. Good work, Ms Moss. I was a bit skeptical that I would like a romantic fairy tale, but I was wrong. I was captivated from the first pages and was excited to keep reading. Moss does a wonderful job of making you feel like you're part of the small town in Ireland. Her characters feel real, and you fall in love with each of them. Dom has all the qualities you want in a hero, and Tara's story is very moving (Don't want to give too much away). The pacing was perfect, and I loved it so much I finished the book in a few days. The fairy tale/magical part of the story didn't seem silly or contrived, and really worked for me. I can't wait to read the next story in this line of books which says a lot about the development of the secondary characters. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a contemporary romance with a magical twist. no reviews | add a review
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American doctor Tara Moore wants to disappear. On the run from an abusive husband, she seeks shelter on a windswept Irish island and dismisses the villagers' speculation that she is descended from a selkie--a magical creature who is bewitching the island. But when a ghostly woman appears to her with a warning, Tara realizes it was more than chance that brought her to this island. Desperate to escape a dark and dangerous past, she struggles against a passionate attraction to handsome islander, Dominic O'Sullivan. But the enchantment of the island soon overpowers her and she falls helpless under its spell. Caught between magic and reality, Tara must find a way to wield both when a dangerous stranger from her past arrives, threatening to destroy the lives of everyone on the island. No library descriptions found. |
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