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Tides (2013)

by Betsy Cornwell(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

054792772X (ISBN13: 9780547927725)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: I liked this book a lot more than I expected to based on the summary and first few chapters. The selkie mythology is solid and the main plot (in which a man kidnaps and tortures selkie children for nefarious purposes) was more engaging and also creepy than I thought it would be. There were awesome background lesbians in the form of the main character's grandma and her selkie partner, and their relationship gets a lot of development - in my opinion, more than the main couple's - and screen time. One of the main characters, Lo, spends much of her time struggling with her eating disorder, which didn't quite work for me. I'm not sure, though, if that's because of how it was written or just because I don't really like to read about eating disorders and body image issues. I was ... morealso completely unenthused about the main romance, which is between the male main character and a selkie girl. There just wasn't any spark to it, and I spent a lot of time wishing the narrative would leave them alone already so we could get to the good stuff. Fortunately, the selkies and the lesbian grandmas made up for it.
review 2: I put this book on hold at my library before they had even received their copy. I heard about it via the NaNoWriMo group on Facebook and knew it was a book I had to read. I do not want to give any real spoilers so I'm not going to dive into the plot points. This book was an easy read, I started it around noon on July 4 and finished it around 3 (with a break for lunch). It was not so gripping that I could not put it down when the kids needed assistance but kept me coming back to want to read a little bit more each chance I had. The characters felt real and not forced, the adventure was fun though predictable. Overall I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good beach read, especially if you like mythical sea creatures as I do :) less

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