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grannyg's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
krobart's review against another edition
3.0
See my review here:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/day-1148-a-strange-scottish-shore/
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beastreader's review against another edition
4.0
Truelove and Silverton are back again. I enjoyed them together in the first book. In this book their relationship is reaching the next level. They made a good couple. Some of the witty banter between them makes for some entertaining and charming moments.
This new mystery that Truelove and Silverton encounter had me intrigued. Readers may be familiar with legends of selkies. As the legend goes, if someone captures a selkie's skin, they possess the selkie. The selkie can't return to the water unless they get their skin back. In this case the Duke of Olympia has in his possession a selkie skin. Yet, someone else wants the skin. In fact, Silverton's life becomes endangered. Yet, not one to sit back and be an observer, Truelove sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the skin and save Silverton.
What I enjoyed about this story is the mystery surrounding the legend. I have read many selkie stories but they are usually aimed as romances. So it was refreshing to read one that was more mystery based. Plus the location for this story was nice. I am slowly warming up more to this series and Truelove and Silverton. Fans of Beatriz Williams will enjoy this other side. Cozy mystery fans as well.
This new mystery that Truelove and Silverton encounter had me intrigued. Readers may be familiar with legends of selkies. As the legend goes, if someone captures a selkie's skin, they possess the selkie. The selkie can't return to the water unless they get their skin back. In this case the Duke of Olympia has in his possession a selkie skin. Yet, someone else wants the skin. In fact, Silverton's life becomes endangered. Yet, not one to sit back and be an observer, Truelove sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the skin and save Silverton.
What I enjoyed about this story is the mystery surrounding the legend. I have read many selkie stories but they are usually aimed as romances. So it was refreshing to read one that was more mystery based. Plus the location for this story was nice. I am slowly warming up more to this series and Truelove and Silverton. Fans of Beatriz Williams will enjoy this other side. Cozy mystery fans as well.
mamap's review against another edition
3.0
Sequel to A Most Extraordinary Pursuit.
The author has lines from a old myth that she uses to start each chapter. The only problem I have with it is that it tends to give away the mystery way too early in the book.
This book was disappointing in 1 way - it's a romance novel. I wouldn't call it "smut", but most of the book is about how Truelove and Silverton enjoy each other's company in bed. Seriously. This myth was The Fisherman and The Mermaid. And then there are the problems with time travel, but that's just always a thing.
Some bits I liked:
p. 25 "...the kind of silence that laid upon our skins."
p. 45 " .. yet the edifice stood proudly, like. terribly old man wear the indignities of age as marks of honor."
The author has lines from a old myth that she uses to start each chapter. The only problem I have with it is that it tends to give away the mystery way too early in the book.
This book was disappointing in 1 way - it's a romance novel. I wouldn't call it "smut", but most of the book is about how Truelove and Silverton enjoy each other's company in bed. Seriously. This myth was The Fisherman and The Mermaid. And then there are the problems with time travel, but that's just always a thing.
Some bits I liked:
p. 25 "...the kind of silence that laid upon our skins."
p. 45 " .. yet the edifice stood proudly, like. terribly old man wear the indignities of age as marks of honor."
cassandra67b07's review against another edition
4.0
This was an unusual book even more so than the first one in the series. I thought the plot was moving in one direction only to be surprised when Truelove is propelled in a completely different direction.
The love story wasn’t quite working for me in this book. She seems to accept him more out of a sense of loss and shock than any real love. Her refusal of him in the first book didn’t make much sense to me either. And they both keep so many secrets from each other. Why doesn’t she trust him? He certainly proves himself trustworthy by his actions in this book.
The time jump at the end was rather startling too. If there is more to the story (and there are so many lose ends that there has to be) then to have 7 years pass without really acknowledging those changes is pretty odd.
Max remains unexplained and the strange connection he has with Truelove as well. For a while I thought there was a romantic connection building there between them.
I assumed The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) was Truelove’s father otherwise why the ghosts. Weird family dynamics all around. Hunter was quite unbelievable in his reaction to his mother’s disappearance. Sons raging about their mothers’ lustful beds is out of Hamlet, not the twentieth-first century.
It sounds like I didn’t like this book, but I read it almost in one sitting and couldn’t put it down. The writing is terrific and the twists kept coming. But again, not what I expected.
I’ll have to see what happens in book 3. :-)
The love story wasn’t quite working for me in this book. She seems to accept him more out of a sense of loss and shock than any real love. Her refusal of him in the first book didn’t make much sense to me either. And they both keep so many secrets from each other. Why doesn’t she trust him? He certainly proves himself trustworthy by his actions in this book.
The time jump at the end was rather startling too. If there is more to the story (and there are so many lose ends that there has to be) then to have 7 years pass without really acknowledging those changes is pretty odd.
Max remains unexplained and the strange connection he has with Truelove as well. For a while I thought there was a romantic connection building there between them.
I assumed The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) was Truelove’s father otherwise why the ghosts. Weird family dynamics all around. Hunter was quite unbelievable in his reaction to his mother’s disappearance. Sons raging about their mothers’ lustful beds is out of Hamlet, not the twentieth-first century.
It sounds like I didn’t like this book, but I read it almost in one sitting and couldn’t put it down. The writing is terrific and the twists kept coming. But again, not what I expected.
I’ll have to see what happens in book 3. :-)
reneesmith's review against another edition
4.0
I loved Truelove & Silverton! I enjoyed the banter & love story that developed between the main couple, the time travel aspects, the mystery, the excellent story-telling & the Audible narration. Perfect choice for a day of chores & grading papers.
mhoffrob's review against another edition
3.0
With thanks to the author, Juliana Gray, and the publisher, Berkley, for the Advanced Reader Copy.
The brief review provided to me by "First to Read" made me think of a historical fiction plus procedural mystery. While it wasn't what I expected along those lines, I found A Strange Scottish Shore enjoyable. I had not read the first Evalgeline Truelove book in the series, but that wasn't necessary to follow the thread of this novel. While it is a mystery, it is part-fantasy and part-romance. I would recommend it for those who enjoy the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
The brief review provided to me by "First to Read" made me think of a historical fiction plus procedural mystery. While it wasn't what I expected along those lines, I found A Strange Scottish Shore enjoyable. I had not read the first Evalgeline Truelove book in the series, but that wasn't necessary to follow the thread of this novel. While it is a mystery, it is part-fantasy and part-romance. I would recommend it for those who enjoy the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness.