The is something about the Highlands that is equal parts gloom and beauty and melancholic, always that sense of melancholy . Anything from Gaelic country gets my imagination running into overdrive. The mysteries just on the shore at high and low tide are just beyond magical in this setting.

So when I say I'm so upset this isn't a novel, it's with a knowing that a novel would haunt me for my days - and I would love it.

Plot/Storyline/Themes:
Heartbroken and with a deep yearning to learn Gaelic and maybe watch Outlander or more closely related IORRAM: Boat Song because it is breathtaking and leaves an ache much like this short.

Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Oh boy, there's an arse like Dòmhnall Geur in every facet of life. Still, he can jump off a cliff and save us all the bullying and cruelty. Get wrecked - How do I say that in Gaelic?

“He believes in those wolves. I think he is one of the wolves.”

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
That moment of despair at seeing the wrong island not realizing she has swum into a portal or otherworld.
"She begins to pray, not to a god who forsook her all of these years, but to the each-uisge, to the selkies, to the storm kelpies, to anything that would listen. She longs for the dolphins to return, belatedly thankful for their company and kindness." - Seonag after losing her escorts.

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “S ann a-bhos a tha mi beò. It is here I am alive.” (Seonag moments after abandoning the family and family plan)
🖤 “Very well,” my father says in English, looking back and forth between us. I think he knows that in this moment, my allegiance has shifted.” (To be acknowledged by Seonag is life-changing)
🖤 “The shore is an in-between place, and Seonag is an in-between person.” (She sounds like something beyond enigma)

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ The wolves of Uibhist
■ Madaidhean-allaidh
■ Monday Superstition

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