Stormswept

By Helen Dunmore

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.

Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall.

As Morveren and Jenna’s relationship shifts and changes, like driftwood on the tide, Morveren finds a beautiful teenage boy in a rock pool after a storm. Going to his rescue, she is shocked to see that he is not human but a Mer boy.

With Jenna refusing to face the truth, Morveren finds herself alone at the worst possible time. Because when the worlds of Air and Mer meet, the consequences can be terrible…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Jan 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9780007468003

Helen Dunmore

HELEN DUNMORE is a novelist, short story writer and poet. She has written twenty-two children’s books, including Brother Brother, Sister Sister; The Lilac Tree; The Seal Cove; and the bestselling Ingo series. She has written nine adult books including A Spell of Winter, which won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her poetry collections have won the Poetry Society’s Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and the Signal Poetry Award. Helen Dunmore was born in Yorkshire, England, and now lives in Bristol with her husband and children.

Reviews for Stormswept

[heatherlinc · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The front cover of "Stormswept" is enough to make anyone want to pick this book up and read it - it is extremely eye-catching. Having read the original "Ingo" series, I was eager to get my hands on this. I love Dunmore's writing, it is lyrical and has an almost dream-like quality to it, and the world of the mer people she creates is incredibly believable. However, I found this book slightly lacking. I felt it was aimed at a slightly younger audience than the "Ingo" series and it took two hundred pages before the real action began and then it only crested for a relatively few pages before waning. I liked the relationship between the twins, Morveren (not keen on the name) and Jenna, but Malin, the mer boy, never really interested me. Despite all this, it was enjoyable being back in the magical world of Ingo, just a bit more excitement would have made it so much better.

[DailyStriving · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

fast paced and absorbing from page 1. loved every bit. its a little like drowning in the it describes and wanting to stay there and almost holding my breath so i can stay in Ingo just a bit more... really great series... cant wait for my kids to grow up a bit to read it inshaAllah