Description: Gwen, 17, has returned to a small beach community seven years after the scandal that forced her family to flee. Now she's spending the summer working at her grandmother's inn and hoping to put the past behind her. The very first morning she's there, however, she meets Jesse, a boy who claims he already knows her, and knows what happened all those years ago. Overcome by her attraction to him, Gwen spends more and more time with him and realizes that he has secrets he isn't telling her. When Gwen finds out who Jesse really is, there will be an impossible decision for her to make, and either choice may end in heartbreak.
Note: Everything except the last sentence stolen from amazon.com
Review: "Seven Tears into the Sea" is a mythical story brought into the present day. The premise is interesting, and the book's mysterious prologue sucks the reader in. However, after that, things get less interesting. Gwen, the main character, has no distinguishing characteristics at all. Jesse is a good character, but not fully developed. The plot is exactly as simplistic as a typical fairy tale, and I wish it had more twists and turns. The ending was unsatisfying. Despite all that, however, the present-day myth aspect was interesting enough to keep me reading, and I did enjoy parts of this book. Myth and fairy tale loves will find something of value in "Seven Tears into the Sea". If you enjoy the Once Upon a Time books, you'll probably like this one as well.
"Seven Tears into the Sea" was interesting in the Prologue, yet it wasn't very much developed later on. The writing style isn't very good in my opinion, and I felt that the plot was too simple. The characters were not likeable or realistic. Perhaps this would have been better if it were written in a third-person perspective. I didn't like how Gwen spoke at all: "...What is this: Jane freakin' Eyre?" The ending was alright, although quite unsettling.
Posted by: Shara at June 16, 2005 08:36 PMThat's my take almost exactly.
Posted by: Elena at June 16, 2005 10:54 PMI thought this book was great. I strongly disagree with Shara when she said the characters weren't likeable. But I do agree that the writing wasn't the best. I think the story got better and better as it neared the ending though. All in all i loved this book.
Posted by: Livi at July 8, 2005 12:34 PMok,maybe the writing wasnt that good,but i love the storyline..its so mystifying,the more i read it the more i'm attracted to it..especially with Jessie,the selkie,i was so intrigued by his character in this book that searched the internet about selkies,and i am glad i read this book,if not i would never have known anything about this mystical creature,selkie,i am deeply attracted to them,whether they exist or not..
Posted by: akidah at January 4, 2006 08:57 AMWell you don't know what you are talking about....
The way Gwen spoke was actually old english, which if you would research it is the proper way to speak.
Terri Farley, you're AWESOME!! please make a sequal to this book.