This was an entertaining little story that used all of the known characters well. I really liked the way Buffy struggled with a tinge jealousy over Giles looking after a helpless little selkie. Xander seemed real to me for the first time in any Buffy novel. Cordelia was entirely believable. And there were some nice Buffy and Willow moments.

Oh - Angel not speaking Irish was wonky, unless they really meant that Ariel was speaking Scots Gaelic, not Irish. I'd assumed that calling the language Gaelic was an editing error, but maybe not.

I've enjoyed some of Josepha Sherman's other work, so I was not surprised that this was fun. ( )