Suzanne Weyn has done an amazing job of combining a mixture of science fiction, historical fiction, and a slight bit of a fairytale together to create a magical combination that is utterly impossible to put down. The two characters play off of one another perfectly, and the reader constantly finds themselves wishing that they would just admit their true feelings for one another. Emma is an enjoyable character, whose stubborn disposition, and oft-times overly-sensitive, emotional personality make her seem like a real person while her interaction with Jack, is downright splendid. However, I can say that I enjoyed the tale very much, though I must admit that I found it to embrace more of a historical fiction genre in its writing than a fairytale genre. I have never read the fairytale THE FROG PRINCE, so I feel that I truly have nothing to compare Suzanne Weyn's WATER SONG to.
Now, the once material-obsessed Emma must focus her attention on saving herself from the danger that surrounds her in every nook and cranny, and that threatens her very existence, in an attempt to keep herself alive long enough to give her father, who is still faraway in Britain, the truth about what has happened to their beloved estate, and their once tight-knit family while at the same time try and come to terms with the feelings of love she is experiencing towards Jack, a very peculiar man who is posing as her husband, in an attempt to keep the enemy at arms length. Now, as enemy troops have claimed the estate as their own, Emma finds herself alone, with no family there to reach out to, and no way to escape from harms way. However, upon their arrival, they see that the war is raging even closer in proximity in this location, and that they have placed themselves in grave danger by traveling this distance. Young, beautiful Emma, and her mother travel from their home in Britain to their palatial estate in Belgium where they feel they will be safer, and will have less to worry about.
And, while war is raging all around her, in the seclusion of her parents glamorous estate, she feels no different, give or take the sound of a gunshot or bomb exploding here or there. She has never had to succumb to suffering, or been forced to work for the luxuries she has been shrouded in. Emma Pennington has been accustomed to a wealthy, comfortable life for as long as she can remember.
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