This was another book where the premise had me hooked and itching to read! Throughout the book I found myself enjoying the book but not as engaged as I had thought I would be until the climax. For probably fifty pages I was so tense that I almost forgot to breath and at the end of the action I had to physically pull myself away for a little while to regroup and finish the book. Because it was just so intense.
The books setting is a little reminiscent of The Scorpio Races` as in it`s set on a small isolated island where magic is a seamless part of the culture and the Selkies of legend come to life (Selkies are seals who are turned into women for those of you unfamiliar with the term). In this book however the character we begin with is not a plucky young woman determined to earn her place in the world, but is instead a young woman who is constantly on the outskirts of society, mocked by her peers for both her appearance as well as her unusual abilities. Her home life is no better with her mother a horrible harpy and her sisters little better. She spends her childhood and adolescence completely miserable, until she decides to finally use her powers. But young Misskaella doesn`t use her power to improve her life, she uses it to ruin the lives of the women of the island. She brings beautiful, obedient seal women out of the ocean to become brides to the men of Rollrock Island, effectively driving the indigenous women off.
This book was a roller coaster! At first you are so angry with the townsfolk for the way they treat Misskaella, then you`re so angry with her for being such a horrible witch and living up to their expectations of her, and then your feelings and emotions continue to swing this way and that as you see the story from the perspective of different islanders over a period of several decades.
Well worth a read! And if you are struggling in the beginning please push through! It is worth it!!
Enjoy!
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