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Sheila A. Nielson

Autor de Forbidden Sea

3 Obras 219 Miembros 9 Reseñas

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Incluye el nombre: Shiela A Nielsen

Obras de Sheila A. Nielson

Forbidden Sea (2010) 212 copias
Shadow in the Sea (2015) 5 copias
Lifelike 2 copias

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Meh, I wouldn't really say this book is about mermaids. There's only a couple scenes in this book that involve the ocean or mermaids. But the story was relatively okay even though I felt like I had read it before in other books. I'd recommend it for someone who's looking for a nice quick read.
 
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SumisBooks | 7 reseñas más. | Feb 22, 2020 |
Sheila Nielson did a fabulous job with her descriptive details and I loved the spin she put on the myth of the mermaids. This story has a classic Cinderella feel to it and at the beginning, I'll admit I was slightly depressed at how hard Adrianne's life was--that's a good thing though--it means the author did her job well of making the main character so realistic that I felt genuine sorrow for her.
 
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Gmomaj | 7 reseñas más. | Sep 2, 2019 |
Shadow in the Sea by Sheila A Nielson is a fantasy mermaid story. The opening made me feel, drat been there done that, but as I read on, I thought, okay this is a bit different. I know it is hard to come up with a unique and original twist on a common theme, but I think Shelia A Nielson was able to accomplish this in a big way.

Accused of murder, Sade was waiting for her death…until she found herself adrift in the ocean. Tossed overboard and meant to die, she was given a second chance. She was washed up on the shores of the mysterious Winwaithe Island.

Sade pretended to have amnesia. She hid from the others, was she also hiding from herself?

She is terrified of the water, yet unable to resist its call.

She knows the value of all life, whether man or mouse, literally.

I love to hate a villain and Captain Westwood fits the bill.

The characters are wonderful, fully developed and complex. They grow and develop throughout the story.

Is Shadow in the Sea predictable…yes and no. There is something extra that I wasn’t expecting and that is always a very good thing. We have some romance, Sade is a young woman after all. She has loved and lost. Tragedy, yes, we have a violent beginning to what becomes an amazing “tail” of love and sacrifice.

I have never entered a merworld so creative and wondrous. I was enthralled, loving the visualization created by Shelia’s words as we entered her underwater world.

A merman with a beard. Clothes. A city. Dancing. Laughing. Children. Let your mind run wild…mine did and I loved it so much I hated for the story to end. Shadow in the Sea, Sade’s story, is Book II in the Forbidden Sea series, but I don’t feel it affected my reading, other than making me want to go back and read Book I, Adrienne’s story, to see what I missed.

I received a copy of Shadow in the Sea by Sheila A Nielsen in return for an honest review.

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sherry69 | Dec 8, 2015 |
My thirteen year old niece recommended this book to me. She's right, I do like it. The writing is interesting, the character draws me in, it's got Irishy stuff happening. The mermaid is cool.

The story falls apart for me when we actually go under the sea. That aspect comes too late to be an integral part of the book, and I found myself bored down there when I was meant to be in awe. I wanted to hurry up and get back to the real story--(SPOILER)--she may have had doubts, but I never had the slightest belief that she would stay down there. I didn't find that part was handled with anything near the interest of the other, major portion of the book, and was glad to return to land.

The dilemmas the character has to deal with are well done, even the bit undersea (I just would have cut it down by a factor of ten, that bit), and the ending satisfied. She has had some important insights and will live her life very differently now. A quietly compelling read.
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thesmellofbooks | 7 reseñas más. | Oct 9, 2014 |

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