It ought to be an easy choice, but perhaps not. Now Adrianne needs to make a choice between a magical life of undersea romance and the poverty and degradation she knows on land.
Adrianne gets the opportunity for her dream job, but as soon as things start looking up, the Windwaithe Mermaid comes, summoning Adrianne and terrifying the superstitious villagers. Since Papa’s death, they’ve been living with horrible Auntie Minnah, the village boys ignore Adrianne in favor of wealthier and prettier girls and the villagers despise the whole family.
Life in the seaside village has been hard for Adrianne and her family, even before the arrival of the mermaid. The resolution leaves plenty of room for more entries. However, the highly readable prose style that captured so many fans for her trilogy is very much in evidence. Although she gets dates right, the author doesn’t bother too much with historical accuracy, using the setting mainly to provide a fantasy atmosphere. While Ember secretly yearns for Barrow and fights for Conatus, a staged wraith attack convinces some to join with Bosque Mar. Meanwhile, serious outbreaks of wraiths occur, and the group captures a sorcerer who leads one of Conatus’ leaders to Bosque Mar, a strange entity who offers the group revenge against the Abbot who has threatened Conatus. She falls for Barrow, her mentor, but Alistair also declares his love for her. Conatus accepts women as warriors, continuing the overall series’ theme of personal freedom, and Ember eagerly chooses that role. Her friend Alistair, who secretly has taught her swordplay, happily accompanies her when she joins Conatus, a successor group to the Knights Templar that protects the world from evil supernatural forces such as hobgoblins. Sixteen-year-old Ember, from a noble family, yearns to become a warrior instead of a wife. Readers won’t find any hint of paranormal wolves here. This prequel to the popular Nightshade trilogy takes readers to Scotland in 1404, where the Searchers and Keepers conflict begins.
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