If you like Scottish folklore, you will want to read THE COMING STORM. Beatrice MacNeill (Beet) is a Scottish Canadian teenager who lives on Prince Edward Island. Just before they were notified of her cousin Gerry’s death, she had a vision of Gerry playing a movingly beautiful, but sad, tune on his fiddle. She knew then that Gerry had died and she was seeing his spirit. The tune has haunted her ever since and she can’t seem to reproduce it no matter how hard she tries. A year later when her Aunt Sarah (Gerry’s mother) dies she experiences another otherworldly event upon meeting Marina Shaw, a woman who claims to be Sarah’s niece. Sarah was a strange woman, but Marina is even more strange. Beet enlists the help of her friends to unravel the mystery behind these strange occurrences and the strange woman.
This is a very interesting (and even a little creepy) tale. I love the use of Scottish folklore in the story. I also love the role music plays in the story. I thought the author did a great job with character development. The descriptions of scenes and events were also very well done. The only negative I have to give about the book is that it is a bit slow at the beginning. I was very confused about where the story was going. However, once it picked up, it never slowed again and I found it very intriguing.
Though this book is intended for younger readers, it is plenty of interest and complex enough to satisfy the adult reader. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a bit of mystery, fantasy and Scottish folklore.
Music, myth, and horror blend in this romantic, atmospheric fantasy debut about a teen girl who must fight a powerful evil that’s invaded her Prince Edward Island home—perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens.
There’s a certain wild magic in the salt air and the thrum of the sea. Beet MacNeill has known this all her life. It added spice to her childhood adventures with her older cousin, Gerry, the two of them thick as thieves as they explored their Prince Edward Island home. So when Gerry comes up the path one early spring morning, Beet thinks nothing of it at first. But he is soaking wet and silent, and he plays a haunting tune on his fiddle that chills Beet to the bone. Something is very, very wrong.
Things only get worse when Marina Shaw saunters into town and takes an unsettling interest in Gerry’s new baby. Local lore is filled with tales of a vicious shape-shifting sea creature and the cold, beautiful woman who controls him—a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Marina. Beet is determined to find out what happened to her beloved cousin, and to prevent the same fate from befalling the handsome new boy in town who is winning her heart, whether she wants him to or not. Yet the sea always exacts a price...
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