Rogue Wave was a fun expansion of the story and detailed world building that was started in book one, Deep Blue. There were ghosts, dragons, evil monsters, and diabolical political plots, just t name a few things. The story switched between the perspectives all of the mermaids so that the reader could really see what […]
Category: Mermaids
Deep Blue By Jennifer Donnelly
Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga #1) Author: Jennifer Donnelly Category: Young Adult Publisher: Disney Book Group Release Date: 5-6-14 Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe. When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean […]
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A very happy-making package from Macmillan arrived this week: From HMH and NetGalley From Penguin and NetGalley: One really fun thing that happened this week was a trip to Blue Willow Books for the Marissa Meyer signing! Marissa was very funny and talked a lot about her writing process and told some gory fairy tales. […]
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
Monstrous Beauty Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 9-4-12 Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. […]
Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
Lies Beneath Author: Anne Greenwood Brown Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Random House Release Date: 6-12-12 Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer […]
Of Poseidon By Anna Banks
Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy #1) Author: Anna Banks Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Release Date: 5-22-12 Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a […]