Adrift: The Last Selkie

by Elizabeth A Reeves

• ISBN10: 1479186007
• ISBN13: 9781479186006
• Publish Date: 25 August 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 206
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I quite enjoyed Adrift. It's kind of slow and not much happens until the end, but I liked it. Meg has just lost her father, and has nothing keeping her in her home town. After selling everything off, including her beloved pony, Meg gets into her car and just drives. She has no idea where she's going, or where she'll up. She just goes and winds up on a beach in Newfoundland. She has no idea how she got there or where she is exactly, so she's lucky that Devin finds her and brings her to his mother's house. There Meg finds the motherly love she's never known, and learns that her mother didn't drown when she was baby, and that she ended up in Trinity for a reason.

Adrift is all about the selkie, who are a type of fae who shift into seals. Meg's mother, as she learns, was a selkie who could no longer resist the call of the sea and returned to Faerie. Now Meg is being called, but it's not safe for her to just plunge into the ocean. And she keeps having strange dreams. Some involve a young girl who she can sense is her mother, but she won't speak to her. The rest are of Omyn, a very handsome fae prince who wants her to join him. Meg is extremely tempted by these dreams, but she also feels the pull of her growing feelings for Devin. Although he's having trouble believing if they're real or a product of fae magic. But soon Meg will have to make a choice: build a life with Devin in the mortal realm, or head to Faerie to meet her mother and risk not being able to return.

Adrift does end on a cliffhanger. It's nothing huge and suspenseful, but it's obviously not the end of Meg's story. I'm very intrigued about how her tale is developing, so I'll certainly be picking up the sequel eventually. I also read the prequel, Avow, before this one, which I found interesting. But I do think the six page short would have made a better prologue to Adrift than its own story as it shows how Meg's parents met.

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[clairelm]

This was a definite four star book until right at the end when the suddenness and abruptness of the ending marred the enjoyment completely.

I really got into this sweet story and loved the characters, particularly the warmth of Maura. And the animals!