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Love's Enchanted Tales #1
Selkie's Song
A selkie’s song can enchant a man and tame the sea . . .
Naia’s unusual love for human things led her to become the sole artisan in her clan. But when this passion leads to her abduction, she loses more than contact with the sea when her pelt is taken. Unable to shift forms or return to the sea without it, she knows she will die if she cannot recover the pelt soon. Cut off from her family, Naia must appease the human king while persuading his lovesick son to honor past arrangements.
Malik has loved and lost before, an experience leading him to shy away from love. When Naia is stranded, however, he risks everything to find her. Together they uncover a plot that would sweep up humans and selkies alike in a war that would destroy the Five Kingdoms and possibly all of Sonera.
When the enemy acts, can they save sea and land . . . and each other?
A fantasy retelling of the classic fairytale, The Little Mermaid
Clean romance, adventure, and humor combine to bring classic fairytales and myths to new life in Love's Enchanted Tales, a series of interconnected stand-alone stories. Each story can be read and enjoyed on its own. However, for greatest enjoyment they should be read in order.
Naia’s unusual love for human things led her to become the sole artisan in her clan. But when this passion leads to her abduction, she loses more than contact with the sea when her pelt is taken. Unable to shift forms or return to the sea without it, she knows she will die if she cannot recover the pelt soon. Cut off from her family, Naia must appease the human king while persuading his lovesick son to honor past arrangements.
Malik has loved and lost before, an experience leading him to shy away from love. When Naia is stranded, however, he risks everything to find her. Together they uncover a plot that would sweep up humans and selkies alike in a war that would destroy the Five Kingdoms and possibly all of Sonera.
When the enemy acts, can they save sea and land . . . and each other?
A fantasy retelling of the classic fairytale, The Little Mermaid
Clean romance, adventure, and humor combine to bring classic fairytales and myths to new life in Love's Enchanted Tales, a series of interconnected stand-alone stories. Each story can be read and enjoyed on its own. However, for greatest enjoyment they should be read in order.
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Published September 10, 2018
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August 30, 2024
I wanted to like this one.
I really did. But the pacing is awful, the story keeps going and going and going with very little action and most of the characters aren't that interesting. The overt references to Disney's The Little Mermaid get more obnoxious and jarring the longer you keep reading, and like many other bad books I've read the bulk of the story is rising action resulting in the ending feeling rushed and the rest of the story feeling tedious and overwhelmingly dull.
I really did. But the pacing is awful, the story keeps going and going and going with very little action and most of the characters aren't that interesting. The overt references to Disney's The Little Mermaid get more obnoxious and jarring the longer you keep reading, and like many other bad books I've read the bulk of the story is rising action resulting in the ending feeling rushed and the rest of the story feeling tedious and overwhelmingly dull.
June 5, 2020
A few months ago, I reviewed the book Dragon's Maid from the Love's Enchanted Tales series by Kimberly A. Rogers. I enjoyed the fantasy, originality, and romance of Dragon's Maid, so I decided to go back and read the first book in the series, which was based on my favorite fairy tale, "The Little Mermaid." Selkie's Song was not the first "Little Mermaid" adaptation I've read with a selkie protagonist, but I still prefer KM Shea's version, The Little Selkie, due to its faster pacing and stronger heroine. There was so much I wanted to like about Selkie's Song, especially due to its many tongue-in-cheek references to the Disney movie, but most of the story drags like crazy due to poor decision-making on behalf of the main character. I can see from reading Dragon's Maid that Kimberly Rogers improved her writing as the series progressed, so I suppose this was more of an experimental book to set up the vast dragon-centric world of Love's Enchanted Tales, which is admittedly no small feat.
Selkie's Song tells the story of Naia, a selkie who becomes harder to relate to with each subsequent chapter. She is an outcast among the selkies due to her red hair and pale skin that stands out among her dark-haired and dark-skinned kin. Her hobbies of gardening and the arts are far more common among humans than for her own species. This is an interesting setup for the book because it makes it sound as though Naia relates better to humans than to selkies, but instead, she longs to be accepted among her kind. She has a great deal of respect for the Great Selkie, Malik, who shows favoritism toward her, but she brushes it off as kindness and assumes that he wishes to court her sister instead. Naia's continuously ignorant assumptions are what drive the entire first half of the book. When a human prince decides he loves her and wants to marry her after her pelt goes missing, she assumes that he is hiding it in a secret place despite never seeing him with it or making any mention of having it. She allows him to take her to his castle and court her without ever asking him if he actually has her pelt and continues this foolish deception even when she has an opportunity to be rescued by Malik.
Selkie's Song is not the first "Little Mermaid" adaptation I've read that pokes fun the Disney movie, but it is far more direct with its references and even comes off as mocking it. The human prince who captures Naia in exchange for her affections is named Eric, and he is betrothed to the Lady Vanessa, who he forgets about as soon as she has been replaced by a shinier object. He also asks Naia if her name is Ariel multiple times after she gives him the silent treatment. In her fruitless efforts to find her pelt, Naia makes it her mission to play matchmaker between Eric and Vanessa is Eric will lose interest in her and return the pelt that she assumes he possesses. This drawn-out game of deception is not only boring, but it also poses a huge threat to Naia's life. It is made clear that Naia will die if she is separated from her pelt for too long, and yet she continues to dance around the matter and never asks for help even when it is offered. The original little mermaid was self-sacrificing, but it was always in the name of love, and not survival. Naia doesn't care for Eric at all and grows much closer to Vanessa in her attempts to bring them together even though Vanessa deserves better than someone who would drop her like a hot potato the moment he sees a prettier girl.
I think I would have enjoyed this book more if it were shorter. It is twice as long as most books in this genre, including others in this series. So much of the story is wasted on Naia's ignorance that by the time she actually gets what she wants, I had stopped caring. The author made a note at the end that she wanted to make her story closer to the fairy tale than the Disney version by not making Naia end up with the human prince. Yet, any similarity to to the Hans Christian Andersen story is eliminated if Naia never had feelings for the prince to begin with. Her love interest, Malik, seems to be the only character in the book who possesses common sense, but even he hides his true feelings for Naia until it is too late and she gets captured by Eric. So much of this story would not have even happened if the characters did not repeatedly sabotage their own happy endings. If Naia and Malik had come clean with each other immediately after her capture, the rest of the story would have been more engaging and less tiring.
Selkie's Song is an interesting study of selkie mythology and does a decent job to set up the world of Love's Enchanted Tales, but I don't think Kimberly Rogers fully understood the story that she was trying to adapt. Making the human prince a lovesick moron who couldn't see Naia's obvious lack of interest in him defeated the purpose of having her sacrifice anything for his sake. Likewise, Naia is a frustrating heroine because so many chapters were wasted on her obviously wrong assumption that Prince Eric has her pelt. My suggestion would be to shorten the amount of time she could survive without the pelt and tell Malik the truth right away to build up to the excitement of the book's climax. I would recommend this book for people who are interested in the mythology of selkies, but not for fans of "The Little Mermaid."
Selkie's Song tells the story of Naia, a selkie who becomes harder to relate to with each subsequent chapter. She is an outcast among the selkies due to her red hair and pale skin that stands out among her dark-haired and dark-skinned kin. Her hobbies of gardening and the arts are far more common among humans than for her own species. This is an interesting setup for the book because it makes it sound as though Naia relates better to humans than to selkies, but instead, she longs to be accepted among her kind. She has a great deal of respect for the Great Selkie, Malik, who shows favoritism toward her, but she brushes it off as kindness and assumes that he wishes to court her sister instead. Naia's continuously ignorant assumptions are what drive the entire first half of the book. When a human prince decides he loves her and wants to marry her after her pelt goes missing, she assumes that he is hiding it in a secret place despite never seeing him with it or making any mention of having it. She allows him to take her to his castle and court her without ever asking him if he actually has her pelt and continues this foolish deception even when she has an opportunity to be rescued by Malik.
Selkie's Song is not the first "Little Mermaid" adaptation I've read that pokes fun the Disney movie, but it is far more direct with its references and even comes off as mocking it. The human prince who captures Naia in exchange for her affections is named Eric, and he is betrothed to the Lady Vanessa, who he forgets about as soon as she has been replaced by a shinier object. He also asks Naia if her name is Ariel multiple times after she gives him the silent treatment. In her fruitless efforts to find her pelt, Naia makes it her mission to play matchmaker between Eric and Vanessa is Eric will lose interest in her and return the pelt that she assumes he possesses. This drawn-out game of deception is not only boring, but it also poses a huge threat to Naia's life. It is made clear that Naia will die if she is separated from her pelt for too long, and yet she continues to dance around the matter and never asks for help even when it is offered. The original little mermaid was self-sacrificing, but it was always in the name of love, and not survival. Naia doesn't care for Eric at all and grows much closer to Vanessa in her attempts to bring them together even though Vanessa deserves better than someone who would drop her like a hot potato the moment he sees a prettier girl.
I think I would have enjoyed this book more if it were shorter. It is twice as long as most books in this genre, including others in this series. So much of the story is wasted on Naia's ignorance that by the time she actually gets what she wants, I had stopped caring. The author made a note at the end that she wanted to make her story closer to the fairy tale than the Disney version by not making Naia end up with the human prince. Yet, any similarity to to the Hans Christian Andersen story is eliminated if Naia never had feelings for the prince to begin with. Her love interest, Malik, seems to be the only character in the book who possesses common sense, but even he hides his true feelings for Naia until it is too late and she gets captured by Eric. So much of this story would not have even happened if the characters did not repeatedly sabotage their own happy endings. If Naia and Malik had come clean with each other immediately after her capture, the rest of the story would have been more engaging and less tiring.
Selkie's Song is an interesting study of selkie mythology and does a decent job to set up the world of Love's Enchanted Tales, but I don't think Kimberly Rogers fully understood the story that she was trying to adapt. Making the human prince a lovesick moron who couldn't see Naia's obvious lack of interest in him defeated the purpose of having her sacrifice anything for his sake. Likewise, Naia is a frustrating heroine because so many chapters were wasted on her obviously wrong assumption that Prince Eric has her pelt. My suggestion would be to shorten the amount of time she could survive without the pelt and tell Malik the truth right away to build up to the excitement of the book's climax. I would recommend this book for people who are interested in the mythology of selkies, but not for fans of "The Little Mermaid."
April 5, 2020
Decent twist on the Little Mermaid, but it felt a bit aimless at points and the Disney references were stronger than I appreciate. Will be continuing the series, though!
July 18, 2019
I really don't want to give any of this away because this is so good.
As in this is my favorite book this year AND it's my favorite retelling of the Little Mermaid.
A few chapters in I actually got misty-eyed because I was like THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD and it's been so long since a romance plot hit me in the feels that knowing I was going to get a good one was like *sniff sniff* it's been too long.
I mean the mermaid character(who is a selkie) has this garden underwater(it's not actually underwater. They live in air pocket houses in the rocks and her roof is actually part of some rocks that poke above the waves and they have tiny holes for sunlight to come in.) where she raises land plants for no other reason than she loves them. She's seen as odd and the misfit because of how she looks and what she does for a hobby.
And this selkie leader--he is freaking tracking down flowers that are really beautiful and exotic and transporting them in cases underwater to bring to her for her garden.
And she has nooooo idea and I was like, "I'm not crying you are!!!" because it was so darn sweet how he was just doing something for her like that. That's romance peoples. He figured out what she liked, what she was passionate about and he showed interest. He wasn't going, "ermagosh you're so hawt and we just met and you're hawt so I like you." No, he actually has gotten to know this woman and her family. He's learned what interests her and he's going out of his way no matter how busy he is and get her something she likes even if she's totally oblivious.
Anyway, that's all the details you're getting but . . . it was good. This is my favorite retelling of the Little Mermaid--it deserves to be said twice--which is amazing because I read my second favorite retelling of that story earlier this year.
The things that have bothered me about EVERY retelling of this story were dealt with in this book and I was like YES. I was so happy someone wanted the same things for the story and made it happen. I always have these niggling things with fairy tales. Why did Beauty's dad even tell her that taking his place was an option? Why didn't Cinderella just leave? I want those questions answered.
And why does every Little Mermaid retelling have some airheaded bimbo that falls in love with a guy she just met and then it totally works out and she stays human.
This is my second book from this author and so far I'm really loving her work. She does a great job and the fact that I've loved both of her romances so far is like YES. Because I usually don't like romances because I see romance differently. I love a romance I can identify with. They're very few and far between and knowing there's like 7 more books in this series is so exciting. I've got high hopes.
Ugh the prince though. I SERIOUSLY WANTED TO STRANGLE HIM. It has to be said. He needed to die a slow and horrible death. I didn't warm up to him at all and I can't imagine how Naia managed to not drown him.
As in this is my favorite book this year AND it's my favorite retelling of the Little Mermaid.
A few chapters in I actually got misty-eyed because I was like THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD and it's been so long since a romance plot hit me in the feels that knowing I was going to get a good one was like *sniff sniff* it's been too long.
I mean the mermaid character(who is a selkie) has this garden underwater(it's not actually underwater. They live in air pocket houses in the rocks and her roof is actually part of some rocks that poke above the waves and they have tiny holes for sunlight to come in.) where she raises land plants for no other reason than she loves them. She's seen as odd and the misfit because of how she looks and what she does for a hobby.
And this selkie leader--he is freaking tracking down flowers that are really beautiful and exotic and transporting them in cases underwater to bring to her for her garden.
And she has nooooo idea and I was like, "I'm not crying you are!!!" because it was so darn sweet how he was just doing something for her like that. That's romance peoples. He figured out what she liked, what she was passionate about and he showed interest. He wasn't going, "ermagosh you're so hawt and we just met and you're hawt so I like you." No, he actually has gotten to know this woman and her family. He's learned what interests her and he's going out of his way no matter how busy he is and get her something she likes even if she's totally oblivious.
Anyway, that's all the details you're getting but . . . it was good. This is my favorite retelling of the Little Mermaid--it deserves to be said twice--which is amazing because I read my second favorite retelling of that story earlier this year.
The things that have bothered me about EVERY retelling of this story were dealt with in this book and I was like YES. I was so happy someone wanted the same things for the story and made it happen. I always have these niggling things with fairy tales. Why did Beauty's dad even tell her that taking his place was an option? Why didn't Cinderella just leave? I want those questions answered.
And why does every Little Mermaid retelling have some airheaded bimbo that falls in love with a guy she just met and then it totally works out and she stays human.
This is my second book from this author and so far I'm really loving her work. She does a great job and the fact that I've loved both of her romances so far is like YES. Because I usually don't like romances because I see romance differently. I love a romance I can identify with. They're very few and far between and knowing there's like 7 more books in this series is so exciting. I've got high hopes.
Ugh the prince though. I SERIOUSLY WANTED TO STRANGLE HIM. It has to be said. He needed to die a slow and horrible death. I didn't warm up to him at all and I can't imagine how Naia managed to not drown him.
August 7, 2021
Nice that instead of staying on land, the ‘little mermaid’ character chose to return to the water.
Couple grammatical errors, but some of the characters were just irritating. Naia’s sister, Merita, is the worst: whiny, vain, and close-minded. She treats Naia terribly and cruelly puts her down as often as possible. Plus, she’s overly aggressive towards the ML even when it’s clear he’s not interested. The prince was also annoying—I’m so grateful he stopped his flowery praise. Vanessa and Captain Wulfred were good characters though.
The king is once again not my favorite. Naia fulfills her end of the bargain, and he does absolutely nothing to fulfill his end. Just help her with her pelt! Only after they essentially save his entire kingdom and protect his throne does he reluctantly allow them to search his treasury... once. And when they really need his help, he refuses to do much until it’s almost too late. In fact, the only reason it wasn’t too late was thanks to Malik alone; if it was up to the king, Naia would be dead.
Couple grammatical errors, but some of the characters were just irritating. Naia’s sister, Merita, is the worst: whiny, vain, and close-minded. She treats Naia terribly and cruelly puts her down as often as possible. Plus, she’s overly aggressive towards the ML even when it’s clear he’s not interested. The prince was also annoying—I’m so grateful he stopped his flowery praise. Vanessa and Captain Wulfred were good characters though.
The king is once again not my favorite. Naia fulfills her end of the bargain, and he does absolutely nothing to fulfill his end. Just help her with her pelt! Only after they essentially save his entire kingdom and protect his throne does he reluctantly allow them to search his treasury... once. And when they really need his help, he refuses to do much until it’s almost too late. In fact, the only reason it wasn’t too late was thanks to Malik alone; if it was up to the king, Naia would be dead.
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October 8, 2020
One of my first memories of seeing a movie in the theater was Disney's The Little Mermaid. I was obsessed with the music and the story. Since then, I have read nearly every retelling that I can find. This may be my favorite. At first, I was not certain about a little mermaid retelling without any mermaids. I'm glad I got over that. The rich world building and characters that Ms. Rogers presents is nothing short of enchanting. The romance aspect is beautifully done and clean. There is a bit of mystery thrown in there as well. I was also skeptical that the little mermaid could warrant such a long retelling since most I have found have been 250 pages or less. This story grabbed me from the beginning and kept me interested throughout the 400+ pages. The pacing was fabulous and I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end.
March 11, 2022
I loved this book! I'm a huge fan of Little Mermaid retellings and Kimberly Rogers did a great job world building. She wove a complex society for the Selkies and relationships between the inhabitants of her world. There is Christian influence with all the references to Shaddai; she did a great job naturally incorporating references to Christianity so that they fit in the story without being distracting. There were similarities with K.M. Shea's The Little Selkie, but mostly just with the terminology describing selkie culture vs. human culture. The plot was good, and the pacing was also good in my opinion. The stakes were high for most of the book but then they skyrocketed as the end of the book got closer. Naia was a fun character to follow, but the characters' romantic interests frustrated me a lot. I rarely feel like I want to yell at book characters, but these pairings were so dense. I still rated this book 5.0 stars because I really liked the story and the characters overall; I just really dislike when characters actively pretend they don't like other characters and then everything falls apart because they won't say what they mean. Anyway, I am very excited about the second book in this series and would highly recommend this book.
August 30, 2022
I think that this has to be one of the most unique Little Mermaid retellings that I've ever read. I've read the original rather depressing story, I've read several that are a mix of old and Disney-ish, and I've even read one where she is the villain of the tale...but Selkie's Song was none of those...
I really did enjoy this book and had a hard time putting it down. The cultures of the Selkies, humans, dragons, etc. were so well detailed and imagined that it was easy to get caught up in it all. While, this is my first book by this author it certainly won't be my last...
I really did enjoy this book and had a hard time putting it down. The cultures of the Selkies, humans, dragons, etc. were so well detailed and imagined that it was easy to get caught up in it all. While, this is my first book by this author it certainly won't be my last...
May 4, 2019
Truly Enchanting
I fell in love with this book. The world building, development of the selkies' culture, as well as that of the primary and even secondary characters was excellent. The patience and restraint shown by Malik as he waited for Naia to recognize her own feelings towards him were inspiring, so considerate and respectful. I can't wait to share this with my granddaughters!
I fell in love with this book. The world building, development of the selkies' culture, as well as that of the primary and even secondary characters was excellent. The patience and restraint shown by Malik as he waited for Naia to recognize her own feelings towards him were inspiring, so considerate and respectful. I can't wait to share this with my granddaughters!
March 28, 2020
3.5 Stars
I liked it. That being said, I did feel like I had to slog through a few parts. This book took me several days to read, in part because I stopped reading it to read other ones. I really appreciated the depiction of actual love in this story and how it compares to the frivolous idea of love that the prince harbors. The character development was also well done. I may or may not read more in this series; it will depend on how often I ruminate on this story in the coming weeks.
I liked it. That being said, I did feel like I had to slog through a few parts. This book took me several days to read, in part because I stopped reading it to read other ones. I really appreciated the depiction of actual love in this story and how it compares to the frivolous idea of love that the prince harbors. The character development was also well done. I may or may not read more in this series; it will depend on how often I ruminate on this story in the coming weeks.
May 9, 2020
Enjoyable, clean fairytale romance
A friend recommends this series to me as we both love fairytale retellings and this author has not disappointed. I have read the first 3 books in the series and I am looking forward to reading the rest!
The plot is interesting, there is humor thrown in, and the secondary characters are as enjoyable to read about as the main characters. The romance is very sweet and one you can read guilt free. I definitely recommend this series.
A friend recommends this series to me as we both love fairytale retellings and this author has not disappointed. I have read the first 3 books in the series and I am looking forward to reading the rest!
The plot is interesting, there is humor thrown in, and the secondary characters are as enjoyable to read about as the main characters. The romance is very sweet and one you can read guilt free. I definitely recommend this series.
September 5, 2022
I have no idea why I am just now finding this author. Fairytale retellings are my favorite genre, and I fell in love with this story. It was so good! Clean romance, lovable characters. I love how there was so much happiness in this book alongside the main conflict. When I thought something bad was going to happen to a character, sometimes it did and sometimes it didn’t. It was really nice to not always be anxious to get to the ending to find the good, but enjoy the story along the way.
August 1, 2025
I absolutely ADORED this retelling! Rogers showcases her spellbinding skill and incredible creativity in bringing forth a story that carries particular nods to the source material (such as names like Eric and Vanessa) while infusing a rich tapestry of intricate plot twists and heartwarming detail into a well-built world so vivid you can smell it! I love her characters, even the ones who make you CRINGE with every word of their dialogue, and I could not stop reading, the closer I got to the end!
June 30, 2019
Beautiful
I enjoyed this retelling of the Little Mermaid. I found myself a little surprised by the elements from the original tale that the author decided to keep versus the ones that weren't kept. Unlike the original, there is an HEA for the heroine of this story, but that was the only thing I anticipated. I look forward to reading more in this rich world.
I enjoyed this retelling of the Little Mermaid. I found myself a little surprised by the elements from the original tale that the author decided to keep versus the ones that weren't kept. Unlike the original, there is an HEA for the heroine of this story, but that was the only thing I anticipated. I look forward to reading more in this rich world.
April 10, 2020
Engaging and delightful
An Engaging and delightful retelling of the little mermaid with wonderfully adventurous twists. Naia and Malik had me yelling! I absolutely love being so involved in a story that the characters feel real and their happily ever afters matter. An adventurous read.
An Engaging and delightful retelling of the little mermaid with wonderfully adventurous twists. Naia and Malik had me yelling! I absolutely love being so involved in a story that the characters feel real and their happily ever afters matter. An adventurous read.
September 15, 2020
Song of celebration for finding a great new author
I feel like singing a song of celebration for finding such a great new author! Ms. Rogers has written an entertaining, fanciful, yet believable, tale of selkies and dragons, human shortcomings, steadfast love, forgiveness and resilience! All I can say is WOW!
I feel like singing a song of celebration for finding such a great new author! Ms. Rogers has written an entertaining, fanciful, yet believable, tale of selkies and dragons, human shortcomings, steadfast love, forgiveness and resilience! All I can say is WOW!
December 30, 2020
SUPRISE!!!!! a fantasy book with out SEX CRAP in it!!! wonderful story well written, was for the most part fast moving and kept me interested in the end. I loved the idea of learning the traditions of the Selkies and about their world. I look forward to reading the other books and glad they are on kindle, will probably be buying them as well since I think my daughters will enjoy this series as well.
March 4, 2019
I really enjoyed the strong but imperfect characters. In Selkie's Song, she explored the misunderstanding between two different cultures. My only problem is that I'm losing speed because the books are to exciting to put down. Please continue to write twisted fairy tales.
September 27, 2019
Loved it!
Absolutely adored this book! The characters were enjoyable, the twists fun, and I couldn’t put it down. Excellent retellings and I would love to see this characters again.
Absolutely adored this book! The characters were enjoyable, the twists fun, and I couldn’t put it down. Excellent retellings and I would love to see this characters again.
April 12, 2020
This has got to be my favorite Little Mermaid retelling! Kimerly really took it and made it her own in the best way! It has clean, sweet, the romance was so adorable and the MCs were such a OTP! Not to mention the world building was amazing and very detailed! Differently will read again!
January 19, 2022
A beautiful love story!
This was a perfect story of love and patience. The beautiful world the author built is interesting and worth exploring more. I can't wait to read the next book!
This was a perfect story of love and patience. The beautiful world the author built is interesting and worth exploring more. I can't wait to read the next book!
August 7, 2019
Loved it
I love romances, but not the explicit ones; give me a nice clean one and promise me more set in the same realm and I'm yours.
I love romances, but not the explicit ones; give me a nice clean one and promise me more set in the same realm and I'm yours.
January 25, 2020
I give this book 3.5 stars.
This was at times a frustrating book. I kept with it and enjoyed it for the most part. Naia drove me nuts at times, but I'm glad it turned out well
This was at times a frustrating book. I kept with it and enjoyed it for the most part. Naia drove me nuts at times, but I'm glad it turned out well
February 4, 2020
I think this may be one of the best little mermaid retellings ever
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April 18, 2020DNF 39%
April 30, 2020
I enjoyed this retelling of The Little Mermaid.
Content: clean- some mild violence
Content: clean- some mild violence
June 5, 2020
I absolutely loved this creative, romantic retelling of The Little Mermaid! You can find my full review here: http://www.landsuncharted.com/2020/06....
December 14, 2020
I really enjoyed this twist on the Little Mermaid. I loved how it had selkies rather than sirens and the world and culture of the selkies was beautiful. Contains: mild violence and kisses.
April 30, 2022
This has a good premise, but I must admit, it dragged on. I had a hard time finishing it.
June 28, 2019
This was a very good rendition of The Selkie fairy tale. Naia is a Selkie who doesn't conform to the other selkies in her clan. She's an artisan, the only one, and many in her clan look down upon her for that. She is also the most "human" looking of the selkies in her clan. Even her sister mocks her. Yet Malik is intrigued by her and has been for quite awhile. Malik is The Great Selkie (like a king) and he has a very protective heart. Naia is abducted one day and taken to the Prince. Her clan has no idea what has happened to her, and when they find out misunderstandings and lies separate her from those she loves.
This is a romantic suspenseful tale. A clean read. (There is one or two words in this that, if not used with their proper meaning would be considered cuss words, but she uses them properly in the story.)
This is a romantic suspenseful tale. A clean read. (There is one or two words in this that, if not used with their proper meaning would be considered cuss words, but she uses them properly in the story.)
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