Publish Date: June 28th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Tera Lynn Childs
Narrated By: Emily Bauer
Website: Author’s Website
Quick Review
Guilty pleasure read. Well, listen. I listen to these on audiobook. This is a quick review; so, look, you like mermaids? You like YA? You like easy stories that you won't lose sleep over? Right here.
What is this book about? A lot. Lily is all set to not be a princess anymore so she can be with Quince, who is actually a good guy (at least from what I remember), and that was refreshing. (How often do we read about girls throwing away their future for "the one" who is gaaaarbaaaage?) She has to deal with some mean mergirls, but they don't really matter in this book. She's dealing with leaving her world and being on land as an adult who has to pick a job and grow up. Seems like everyone is disappointed in her, but she wants to be with Quince, she has made her choice. That was a great part of the book.
Oh heeeeeey....Did you know about global warming and all the effects we humans have on ocean life because we're garbage? Mermaids are obviously better.
So, Doe has to come live on land with Lily and Rachel because of something she did DUN DUN DUH. It was mildly entertaining. However...why doesn't Rachel do ANYTHING about it? Fine. Don't expect anything great about Doe's motivations, because it's not there.
What takes off a star from me is Tellin. Alex, I'll take "Situations that could have been avoided with the barest level of communication" for 100, please.
The narrator of the audiobook can't do male voices still, and Quince's voice is dreadful. I'm supposed to like Quince in some way, right?
Did I write this just so I can post gifs of mermaids? Yes. Bye.
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