Pelle di foca

Donald is a young boy living with his mother on the west coast of Scotland in a village that makes it's livelihood off of fishing. Unfortunately Donald has a skin problem that makes it hard for him to go out on the fishing boats and make him a target of frequent teasing. One day when running out on

One night, Donald, a fisherman, sees a strange sight along the shore. Seals come out of the water, take off their skins and dance about on the sand as women. "There were seals on the skerry tonight... Moonlight silvered everything, casting doubt and shadow. So he scrubbed at his eyes and look again, Leggi tutto

Enchanting, enthralling, charismatic and mesmerising, this book really is a thing of beauty! I'd been wanting to read it for ages and I was over the moon to win it in a Twitter competition. I was not disappointed, I truly adored every word and now I just want to start reading it all over again! There Leggi tutto

Selkies are Scottish mythological seals who can shed their skin to become human on land. This tale follows the narrative of the most common story told legend. With this old legend comes a problematic beginning to this story and I am not sure the author was able to justify the initial behaviour of Ar Leggi tutto

“On a night like this, with the vastness of the sea and the sky all to himself, a man might witness marvels.” Now I like stories involving marvels, mythology and magical-realism as much as the next reader, but when a woman gets raped within the opening sequence of the book, my reading-pleasure

All of my reviews can be found on www.novelgossip.com It seems like anytime I begin a review of an Orenda book I say that it will be difficult for me to review because I’ve never read anything like it before and this is no exception. What a spectacular read this was, I have honestly never encountered Leggi tutto

DNF at 6% I couldn't make myself read more of this...thing... From other reviews I've read, all the things I predicted actually happen in the book so f*ck that. Donald, weird kid with a skin condition (my guess is he's half selkie but I'll never find out), sees selkies - seals who shed their skin and Leggi tutto

I love selkies. I love seals. I love the Hebrides. I love fantasy. But I'd throw this book off a cliff if I had a physical copy. SPOILERS BELOW . . . The story opens with Donald, a socially awkward and socially ostracised young man who slips out at night, observes some seals turn into naked women, and Leggi tutto

What's a selkie? I think this book sufficiently answers that in this gorgeous, poetic take. The prose, dear God is so amazing. How can I read this novel and not think of Teeth by the ever-talented Hannah Moskowitz? and of course, reminds me of Song of the sea. But forget the song of that sea and read Leggi tutto