Now, I known of Melissa Marr for a while now. I have been told to read her
Wickedly Lovely series. I actually won a copy of
Wickedly Lovely &, before that, I bought the old UK hardback copy of
Ink Exchange, so the start of this five book series is in my To Read pile. It's just a case of FINDING TIME!!! So, when I was having my Kindle-binge, I rediscovered that this was on my Kindle and, wanting to see if the
Wickedly Lovely series was one I should investigate further, I selected this and read.
Love Struck is a one-off short story about Alana, who knows about the mysterious selchies, sea-fey who leave their seal-like pelts behind when they walk on land, passing for humans. But when she meets not only one but two at a beach party, she has no idea how complicated her life is going to be...
Now, this is a different read for me as I have never heard of selchies! I heard of something similar, but this felt like I was discovering something completely new. And the story between Alana and Murrin was slow and sweet. It didn't feel like other paranormal tween stories where the human and the supernatural being fall INSTANTLY in love. They didn't. It took them several weeks for them to find that they have feelings for each other and the events to unfold...
The only thing that bothered me is that the story was only 62%. The rest was the first chapters of
Wickedly Lovely and
Ink Exchange. I know I'm being picky and, of course, this is a VERY CLEVER marketing tool for people who haven't read (or heard) of
Wickedly Lovely (like myself), but surely people who have heard and read
Wickedly Lovely would read this. Maybe I wish that the story was a few percent longer...
But this is a nice, fun read and, for 99p, it's a good read! And, one day, I will make time to read
Wickedly Lovely...
