{"id":3241,"date":"2017-03-15T17:58:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2017-03-21T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T18:45:52","slug":"consigned-to-the-sea-by-danielle-ackley-mcphail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/fantasy\/anthology\/consigned-to-the-sea-by-danielle-ackley-mcphail\/","title":{"rendered":"Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3242\" src=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail book cover\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consigned-to-the-Sea-by-Danielle-Ackley-McPhail.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>Genre: Fantasy Anthology<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher: Dark Quest<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published: 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewer Rating:\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-311\" src=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/threehalfstars.gif\" alt=\"three and a half stars\" width=\"45\" height=\"13\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewer:\u00a0David L. Felts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you read this book?<br \/>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-3241\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"63ba85dd32\">Why not rate it! <img id=\"rating_3241_1\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(3241, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_3241_2\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(3241, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_3241_3\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(3241, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_3241_4\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(3241, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_3241_5\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(3241, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> <br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_3241_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-3241-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, is a short fantasy anthology containing four short stories and a poem, all involving some aspect related to the sea, be that pirates, mermaids, selkies, or the sea itself.<\/p>\n<p>Throw in dragons, spell casters, magic runes, and shape-shifting sea creatures and you have some fun reading,<\/p>\n<p>Consigned to the Sea offers 4 short stories and a poem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Runes: \u00a0The last dragon, Cameril, seeks\u00a0to recover a rune from pirates.<\/li>\n<li>To Reach for Distant Shores: a selkie longs to learn about the work above her &#8220;sky&#8221; and the strange creatures who live there.<\/li>\n<li>Consigned to the Sea: a woman prisoner of \u00a0Captain Darian Gow struggles to save her daughter and herself.<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Liam Roanes: a poem<\/li>\n<li>By Silent Spell Caught: The conclusion of the adventure Cameril began in In the Runes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the stories were good reads, and the poem short enough for me to get through as well. I liked the character of Cameril and\u00a0the backstory hints Ackley-McOail dropped left me hungry to know more about her and her world.<\/p>\n<p>Overall this is a fun, albeit very short, collection, well-worth a read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Dark Quest Published: 2014 Reviewer Rating:\u00a0 Reviewer:\u00a0David L. Felts Have you read this book? Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, is a short fantasy anthology containing four short stories and a poem, all involving some aspect related to the sea, be that pirates, mermaids, selkies, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[77,769,999,9,550],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3241"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3241\/revisions\/3279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}