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Summary: heart-warming
Review: Being Scottish, and have Selkie ancestors, I was delighted with Ms. Jackson's quaint handling of the Selkie lore. The book was funny, the dialogue engaging, and the characters ones that will touch your heart. I am off to read her Goblins series now, having found this charming writer.
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Summary: heart-warming
Review: Being Scottish, and have Selkie ancestors, I was delighted with Ms. Jackson's quaint handling of the Selkie lore. The book was funny, the dialogue engaging, and the characters ones that will touch your heart. I am off to read her Goblins series now, having found this charming writer.
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Summary: Melanie is Magnificent!!
Review: I love all of Melanie Jackson books, for she is so good on history, but also because she understand the magickal of faeries, goblins, ghost and in this case Scotland's treasured Selkie. She does right by the lore, close to my heart.The book is so fresh, so touching. You will adore the Selkie and Hexy and their romance. A very special book!
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Summary: Melanie is Magnificent!!
Review: I love all of Melanie Jackson books, for she is so good on history, but also because she understand the magickal of faeries, goblins, ghost and in this case Scotland's treasured Selkie. She does right by the lore, close to my heart. The book is so fresh, so touching. You will adore the Selkie and Hexy and their romance. A very special book!
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Summary: Didn't Like it...
Review: I love fantasy/romance/adventure type novels and I was excited to find a book about the mythical creatures called Selkies, who are a race of beings who (when wearing there special skins) become seals. This book was slow. I felt like I was struggling through the whole novel to find something I liked. The characters all felt like dead weights to me. They were boring and I couldn't form any emotional connections to any of them. When I had about 75 pages left I ended up skimming to the end to see what happened to the characters. I don't know why, but this book just didn't do it for me. I couldn't get into it at all. I am a big fan of romance/fantasy type novels too so I thought this book would be great. I'm not sure what type of person this book will appeal to, but most of the other reviews are positive so it seems I am the odd one out here! :) Anyways, I wouldn't reccomend it, but if you want, go get a copy at your local library.
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Summary: I thought it was boring.
Review: I wanted something fresh and unique fromthis book, I got something really lame. There are some very sexy scenes and you can tell the love, but it was boring and not well thought out.
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Summary: whimsical charming fantasy romance
Review: In 1929 Scotland Jillian Foxworthy sends her American servant Hexy Garrow to fetch her misplaced fur coat. Hexy goes to the beach seeking the lost clothing while pondering reality vs. romance. She talks to the sea explaining how she has learned about life from the rejection of her beau for someone with wealth and not from a country rejecting the League of Nations. Hexy then returns to Fintry Castle with the coat. Not long afterward, a panicked and irate Ruairidh cannot find his skin. He soon realizes a human female has completed the seven tears summoning and absconded with his skin. He follows her scent to demand she give him back his skin and to explain he has no time for the affair that she invoked as he must get back to his people in Avocmar to warn of the pending attack by the Finmen. However, Ruairidh is shocked that Hexy is not a crone, but a beautiful confused woman. Even more appalling is that he desires her and wants her to join him in the ocean where he resides, but somehow she resists his lure though she obviously is attracted to him. Melanie Jackson's latest fantasy romance deserves cross-genre appeal as THE SELKIE provides readers with a whimsical charming tale. The story line insures the audience believes in Selkie, Finmen, and some other folklore species. The relationship between the magical lead couple is anchored by love though has rocky moments. This augments the feeling of two species crossing unfathomable depths, leagues, and barriers together. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Strong Plot with Great detail - Slight spoilers
Review: Jackson's imagination and truth is wonderful enough to make read more from her. I loved Rory, the hero. She kept him consistent and strong. Hexy, the heroin, I liked in the beginning but as the book progressed, she changed. She started out witty with substance. As the book progressed she became a wet tissue for lack of a better term. She was more like a yo-yo. The villains, the finmen, were great as was the Soul Eater...very interesting. The baby aspect was a little much but she handled it well with explanation. I thought her story line was strong and consistent. I am not one for love @ first sight or mated pairs, but I think the way she did this was very cool, with 7 tears in the sea to call her lover, as in ritual. I really like the way she made this into a normal thing for the People. That courting wasn't necessary, which at time can be over rated...depending on the book of course. The love angle was well done and not too fast paced due to the way things were SUPPOSED to be.
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Summary: A charming tale!
Review: Melanie Jackson gives, once again, an intriguing tale out of the norm. As with Night Visitor, she blends Scottish lore with her own magickal voice and gives you a tale guaranteed to please. She is strong in historicals, but I see a lighter touch in Amarantha and Belle that I think is perfect for her
charming wit and hope to see more in this vein from her. Hexy is maid to the ditzy blond lady of Fintry Castle, who just HAS to have her sable coat before she can go to Italy. Unfortunately, for allergy plagued Hexy, her mistress left it on the beach (I said she was ditzy), so Hexy must go to fetch it, not realising her snuffles and a couple tears over failed romances that fall into the sea summons forth the Selkie, a Scottish creature of mythology - a half man - half seal that is so beautiful no woman could resist him, or that the 'sable' coat she thinks is her mistress' really belongs to the Selkie. He needs to fetch it back or be doom to remain on land. Unfortunately for the Selkie, she has packed the coat and her mistress has go to Italy. It's a delightful, charming tale, with Melanie's deft brushstroke of humour.
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Summary: A charming tale!
Review: Melanie Jackson gives, once again, an intriguing tale out of the norm. As with Night Visitor, she blends Scottish lore with her own magickal voice and gives you a tale guaranteed to please. She is strong in historicals, but I see a lighter touch in Amarantha and Belle that I think is perfect for her
charming wit and hope to see more in this vein from her. Hexy is maid to the ditzy blond lady of Fintry Castle, who just HAS to have her sable coat before she can go to Italy. Unfortunately, for allergy plagued Hexy, her mistress left it on the beach (I said she was ditzy), so Hexy must go to fetch it, not realising her snuffles and a couple tears over failed romances that fall into the sea summons forth the Selkie, a Scottish creature of mythology - a half man - half seal that is so beautiful no woman could resist him, or that the 'sable' coat she thinks is her mistress' really belongs to the Selkie. He needs to fetch it back or be doom to remain on land. Unfortunately for the Selkie, she has packed the coat and her mistress has go to Italy. It's a delightful, charming tale, with Melanie's deft brushstroke of humour.
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