When Miranda's grandmother passes away, she leaves her estate on a Georgia island to Miranda's mother. Reluctantly, Miranda pushes aside an internship that she had planned for the summer to meet her mother at Selkie Island to help her clean up and sell the house.

Miranda arrives at Selkie Island with a plan, help her mom clean up the house, get the house sold, and go back to the big city to do her internship. What Miranda doesn't expect is the myths and legends that surround the small island to interfere with her thoughts. In her grandmother's house, she finds a book filled with the island myths and it starts to make Miranda wonder if any of them could be true.


Then she meets Leo, a local around her age, who is as mysterious at they come. As Miranda starts to get wrapped up in Leo and the myths, her good girl image starts to get lost.

Sea Change is a breath of fresh air. It's different from other books that are on the market right now and that makes me love it more. I like the mystery of the story and it kept me glued to the book, waiting to see what exactly was going on. The overall story is engaging. Some of the characters got on my nerves, but I believe that's the way it was written. I would recommend this book for someone who would like a light, summer read, or fans of Aimee Friedman.

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In SEA CHANGE, Aimee Friedman has written an uplifting and magical summer read. This book has all the elements that a summer book demands: an exotic setting, secrets, multiple love interests, stormy emotions, and magical mystique.

However, SEA CHANGE is a book that relies mostly on mystery and plot to move along, which explains but cannot be an excuse for the lack of depth in most of the characters. Most notable how abruptly and incompletely Miranda and Leo's relationship develops. Physical attraction and "perfect" banter does not a believable relationship make, and I definitely felt like I was missing something that connected these two characters with each other. There were many times when I felt like SEA CHANGE got dangerously close to the line between sweet, feel-good read and cliche-ridden summer-mystery love story.

Overall, however, I would recommend SEA CHANGE and its intriguing mysteries as a light read, perfect for a beach or poolside day.

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Reviewed by coollibrarianchick for TeensReadToo.com

Most people think that mermaids and mermen, aka "Merfolk," are creatures of myth and legend and that they don't exist. But what if they do exist? We rooted for Ariel and her prince to live happily ever after, so with that in mind allow the fantastical aspect in your brain to take over for a moment and you have Aimee Friedman's newest book, SEA CHANGE. With an air of mystery and some romance, this book will suck you in with the cover alone. It's just gorgeous, foreshadowing things to come.

Miranda is spending the summer on Selkie Island, a small island off the Georgia Coast. She is helping her mom pack up the house her grandmother left to her mother when she died. You ask anyone who lives around there about Selkie Island and they can tell you all sorts of interesting local legends and lore.

The most interesting one is about the Merfolk. According to the legend, Captain McCloud fell in love with a mermaid, married her, and they lived on an island he named Selkie, which is the Scottish word for a creature than can turn from a seal into a human. They had several children, who took after their mother and were Merfolk - human on land and fish-like in the sea. Many of their descendants are still living on the Island today.

But Miranda is a girl of science who needs proof and knowledge to proceed forward. Did I mention she is headstrong and stubborn, as well? She is not one of the those girls that swoons at the sight of a gorgeous guy. But then she meets Leo......

There is something about Leo. He is not like the people that flock to the Island over the summer. Leo is a local - he lives on the Island year-round. Miranda is instantly drawn to him, but remember, she is a girl of science, and this so goes against her logical nature. There is just something about Leo, and no matter how attracted she is to him, it's just not sitting right with her.

Just go for it, girl! I know many girls who would love to have a guy like that. But could Leo possibly be hiding something, or is there really something to the stories Miranda has come across?

To put it simply, I liked this story because I really enjoyed Miranda and Leo and the realm of possibilities. It was the magical possibilities that drew me in. I would have been very happy leaving the other characters out and just reading about Leo and Miranda. It was implied what Leo was, but never said outright, and this just made the story all the more enjoyable. Friedman leaves you hanging at the end, too. I would like to see a second book that delves deeper into Miranda and Leo's relationship.

All in all, this book is absolutely a great summer read.

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This was a good read, a read I might read again, but as for romance, it's lacking A LOT. Even the "paranormal romance" part doesn't even develop until the last few chapters at best. The romance shows up really only about half way through the book, and takes until the end to even come close to a simmer. I'm not a romance fan, but I am a fan of sweet love, and it even lacked that. There's very few moments between the mysterious boy and Miranda, and those are underdeveloped. Still, it's a good read, just takes FOREVER and a day to get to anything good. I give it 4 and a half stars because the writing is good and I did like the characters, but it probably deserves more like 3 stars because the plot was way underdeveloped and the "character" romantic interest never develops past a 2D appearance.

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