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Forgotten Sea (2011)

by Virginia Kantra(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425241831 (ISBN13: 9780425241837)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

Children of the Sea

review 1: I really enjoyed this, especially the blend of paranormal character types (demons,angels,selkie, mer-people) and the real heat between the hero and the heroine. And I liked them both as well. It's rare to read a paranormal where one isn't constantly rescuing or saving the other, but both Lara and Justin (Iesten) were a team. If you're a fan of paranormal romance, on the steamier side :), I'd totally recommend this for your reading pleasure!
review 2: Review of Forgotten Sea by Virginia Kantra 3 out of 5“He was shaken. Changed. She had changed him. Lara’s kiss- soft lips, warm breath, her life, her strength, in him- had ripped through him with the force of a tornado, churning him to the depths. he floundered in a sea of memory and desire, at the mercy of hi... mores dreams, a plaything of the waves, a prisoner of his own mind”Justin has no memory of his past except for the last seven years of his life. All he knows is that is he is most at home when by the sea so he makes a living working on boats and traveling the world never quite fitting in and always feeling as if something is missing. Out of the blue Lara Rho approaches him asking for a date. Little does he know that she can help him discover all that he has forgotten.Lara Rho is a fallen angel, a Nephilim and a Seeker for the children of air. As a Seeker it is her job to find other children of air before they are found and destroyed by children of fire. The children of air strive for the perfection that they had before they fell and follow the very strict Rule of their Guardians. Those who choose to not follow the Rule become flyers and live on their own hiding from demons and the Guardians. Lara has always followed the Rule and strives to be a strong Seeker for her people. One night she has a dream that leads her to Norfolk, Virginia and to Justin who might be a Nephilim. This chance meeting changes everything Lara knows and sends her and Justin on a journey to find out just exactly who or what he is.I was very excited when I got this book a read what it was about because I had just told a girlfriend I wanted to read a book about mermaids but I’m getting a head of myself. “Forgotten by Sea” was is the first book I’ve read by Virginia Kantra and I plan on reading the rest of the books in her Children of the Sea stories. Since I hadn’t read any of the previous books in the series it took me a couple of chapters to really figure out exactly what was going on especially since I was expecting the book to be about merepeople and it started with fallen angles. From what I could gather this was a much different setting from the other books in the series.I liked this book a lot and was so happy with the last two-thirds of it. The first third of the book takes place with Lara finding Justin only to discover he is Other and then having to bring him to the Nephilim’s compound called Rockhaven. At Rockhaven we meet the other Nephilim and the Guardians. I disliked every single Guardian so much so that if the entire book had taken place at Rockhaven I wouldn’t have finished it. I understand the need for the story to go to Rockhaven so Lara and Justin could run off together and start their journey but I just felt like there was no explanation to why almost all the Nephilim were complete jerks. I felt like there were a lot of things in the story that could have been explained more and I still have questions about some parts of the story that I don’t think would be answered of I read the earlier books.After Lara and Justin escape Rockhaven and set off to find out who Justin really is the story gets much better. I really liked Justin or Isetyn as he wants to be called when his memories start coming back. I liked that he gradually started to remember his past and isn’t just hit over the head and wakes up remembering everything. The romance that develops between Lara and Isetyn is very cute and sweet. The chemistry between makes for some very steamy chapters and also some very touching moments. I think I actually said “Aaaahhhh” out loud once or twice.I was kinda hoping to get to know the characters a little better then I did. I feel because more of the focus is on Isrtyn we get more of his back story and get a better understanding of who he is and who he was. With Lara it’s vaguely described how and why she fell from Heaven, that she was abused in some sort of way as a child after she fell, and for some reason which we are never told why, the leader of Rockhaven, Simon, wants her. I really felt that I would have liked the story, and especially Lara, if I could have had answers to these events and people.I gave this book 3 out of 5 because I liked the story but I didn’t LOVE it. I felt that a lot of the plot could have been done with more detail and much more backgound information. I felt like we were giving an outer layer of the characters and the plot and I wanted to know so much more then I was told. I did really enjoy the scenes with the other children of the sea and I really love the idea of the finfolk and the merefolk.The romance between Lara and Iestyn is very well written and will keep you turning the page. I am defiantly going to read the rest of the books in this series but I think “Forgotten Sea” could defiantly be read on it’s own with no problem. Good book to what I hope is a great series. less

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