B Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Fantasy / Historical / Late Victorian / selkies / single father / single mother / Widowed Heroine / working class / Yorkshire9 Comments
On a windswept British coastline the tide bestows an unexpected gift… It was the cry that she first noticed, the plaintive wail that called to her over the crash of winter waves. Wrapped only in a sealskin, the baby girl looks up at Effie and instantly captures her heart. Effie ... more >
B- Reviewscoming out / England / fisherman / m/m / paranormal romance / selkies4 Comments
Dear Ms. Kelly: I wouldn’t normally start a paranormal series on book 2, but the recurring theme of communication issues intrigued me. (In this mythology, Selkies retain some seal aspects in their human form, and are essentially mute.) And as it turned out, the series is really only connected by ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryCaitlin Kittredge / demons / female detectives / selkies / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / witchcraft / Witches2 Comments
Dear Ms. Kittredge, I have a very hard time explaining why I keep reading this series. As I’ve mentioned in the past, the main character, Luna Wilder, can be really off-putting at times. On the other hand, it’s very nice to see her maturing and evolving over the course of ... more >
B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsdemons / selkies / shapeshifters24 Comments
Dear Ms. Kantra: I thought it would be kind of fun to run this review after Jia’s wherein she expresses some, um, discomfort at merpeople as main characters in a romance. While I have not read many books about merpeople, I can say during the ones I have read I ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsMaine / romantic-suspense / selkies / shapeshifters16 Comments
Dear Ms. Kantra: Sea Witch is a departure from the paranormals that I prefer. It’s the real world with a paranormal aspect instead of fully developed alternate reality. This type of paranormal is usually not my favorite but really worked in this situation. I’ve not read a lot of Kantra ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / EbooksAnthology / Fairy / Ireland / Paranormal / romantica / selkies8 Comments
Ladies, I’d like to thank all three of you for the opportunity to review your newest novellas in the “Love and Lore” anthology at Samhain. The covers are gorgeous, the stories are hot and the Samhain content warning is, as always, fun in and of itself. Who comes up with ... more >