Elemental Masters: Home From the Sea (Series #7) (Paperback)

from zjakkelien

As far as atmosphere is concerned, this is a good Elemental Masters novel. It's cosy, it has some of the characters from The wizard of London, and it has selkies. Story-wise it's not brilliant. A bit tame, you could say. There is no evil to be defeated, and the trouble to be solved is more in the...

from Glennis.LeBlanc

The fairy tale this one uses is Tam Lin and I think this is the first time someone in the story actually mentions it. The plot uses selkies in place of the Fairy queen and a little help is provided from two London characters from previous books. I think they were used more to show that they are n...

from maribou

Comfort food.

from romsfuulynn

Not brilliant, the conflict was almost too easy. Some nice Welsh stuff that I enjoyed. I'd have been happier without as much in the way of "check-ins" from previous books, but Lackey tells a good story and tells it well.

from Bidwell-Glaze

Home From The Sea has more of the light, 500 kingdoms style to it than the Elemental Masters style. If you don't follow Mercedes Lackey, think light and easy to read with mythical elements running throughout it. I agree with maribou that this is literary comfort food, not liter-a- ture.