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When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves her mother the family home on Selkie Island, seventeen-year-old Miranda meets her mother on the Georgia island, where she discovers mysterious family secrets and another side to her logical, science-loving self.
The Horn Book
Miranda spends part of the summer on Selkie Island, off the Georgia coast, after her mother inherits their family home. Saturated by legends about mermaids and sea creatures, rational Miranda refuses to believe any of the myths until she meets a mysterious local boy on Siren Beach and uncovers a family secret. Lush descriptions capture the beauty and magic of the setting. Copyright 2009 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Reviews
A watery and predictable supernatural romance. Miranda Merchant, accustomed to city life, visits Selkie Island (off the Georgia coast) when her mother inherits a house. Her mother intends to sell it and remain unattached. But Miranda falls in love with Leo, crossing Selkie's strict class division between the "heirs" (including her family) and the working-class residents. She supposedly overcomes the snobbery that thinks heirs "b[ear] the beauty and grace that c[o] me from generations of careful breeding," but even at the end, she refers to Fisherman's Village as "the wrong side of the island." Leo's a mythical ocean creature, but the text never formally confirms that. Friedman tells rather than shows, and Miranda's voice alternates between incongruously nostalgic ("I'd forgotten how comforting it was, the casual intimacy that could exist between girls") and flowery (iced tea from a pitcher is "a waterfall of amber-colored liquid pour[ing] forth"). Miranda leaves for New York knowing she'll return, but Leo's promise of a happy ending "[s] oon" doesn't offer enough suspense for an ending without closure. (Fantasy. 12-14) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Amazing Book! I just could'nt put it down! Perfect for the summer weather!
SOOOO GOOD! I couldn't stop reading it, I finished it in one day! I agree with shanee101, I don't normally re-read books but I might read this one again. Amazing love story!!
this book is sooooooo cute it really is a book i could read more then once! :)