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Paranormal Fantasy Review: ‘Song of the Sea’ by Jade Varden

Paranormal Fantasy Review: ‘Song of the Sea’ by Jade Varden

This book is way outside my usual sphere – YA, not-quite-human creatures, some romantic difficulties – but the opening is charming, and I ended up enjoying it a lot. Here’s the premise: Brenna is a high school student with a best friend, an almost-boyfriend, a fisherman father and a mother who likes to stand looking wistfully out to sea for hours on end. When Brenna discovers something unusual in the attic… at this point, I knew exactly what was going to happen. And when it does, and Brenna decides to head for the high seas alone in a small boat, frankly I wanted to sit her down and tell her just what a stupid thing she’s doing. But – teenager. There’s no reasoning with them, so I can accept this as part of her character. Out on the oceans, Brenna runs into the inevitable difficulties, plus a rather nice young […]

Posted February 18, 2015 by PaulineMRoss in Review / 0 Comments