novelheartbeat's review against another edition
4.0
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OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5
My thoughts:
My first thought upon finishing this book: Ahhhhhhhh.
I love happy endings, and I especially love books that leave no loose ends.
There's trouble in paradise when Lily's squid-brain cousin, Dosinia, shows up to live with her and learn the ways of humans. Things soon get knee-deep as said cousin takes an instant liking to Lily's ex-crush. In an ironic twist of fate, Lily makes an unexpected trip home to visit.
I must say I admire Lily for not knocking the carp out of Doe. She keeps her cool when I, as the reader, am sitting here thinking, OMG just punch her teeth out already!!!! Once again, Childs put me right into the story with her brilliant and witty writing.
I don't have much to say about this book because I liked it so much (and I don't want to give anything away). There's nothing irritating for me to pick apart and critique. Just like Forgive My Fins, this one was a quick and satisfying read.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT
Plot: 5/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Pace: 3.5/5
There were a few parts where Lily was all school talk with tests and SATs and college that I got a little bored.
Cover: 4/5
OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5
My thoughts:
My first thought upon finishing this book: Ahhhhhhhh.
I love happy endings, and I especially love books that leave no loose ends.
There's trouble in paradise when Lily's squid-brain cousin, Dosinia, shows up to live with her and learn the ways of humans. Things soon get knee-deep as said cousin takes an instant liking to Lily's ex-crush. In an ironic twist of fate, Lily makes an unexpected trip home to visit.
I must say I admire Lily for not knocking the carp out of Doe. She keeps her cool when I, as the reader, am sitting here thinking, OMG just punch her teeth out already!!!! Once again, Childs put me right into the story with her brilliant and witty writing.
I don't have much to say about this book because I liked it so much (and I don't want to give anything away). There's nothing irritating for me to pick apart and critique. Just like Forgive My Fins, this one was a quick and satisfying read.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT
Plot: 5/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Pace: 3.5/5
There were a few parts where Lily was all school talk with tests and SATs and college that I got a little bored.
Cover: 4/5
eb00kie's review
3.0
Sweet and cute with a small exaggerated problem in the main couple to create some idea of a climax
amy_inthecatacombs's review against another edition
4.0
*Contains spoilers from first book*
Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs is the second book in the Fins series.
Lily Sanderson is going out with Quince Fletcher and couldn’t be happier. She decided to give up her title, so she could be with him. Since her grades aren’t the best, she’s studying like crazy for the SATs and is thrilled when Miss Molina, her Earth Science teacher in 9th grade, tells her that she could get an internship at Seaview Community. Since she never thought she’d stay on land, she hadn’t really worried about her grades.
She still lives with her Aunt Rachel and loves that Quince is her next-door neighbor. One morning, she finds her cousin, Dosinia, at her Rachel’s door. Apparently, Doe has been exiled from Thalassinia and stripped of most of her powers. Lily wants nothing to do with her, but unfortunately, Rachel invites her to stay. Doe tells Lily that Lily’s father said to consider helping Doe her last duty.
Doe doesn’t exactly make things easy for Lily. Doe starts showing interest in Brody, Lily’s former crush. Lily doesn’t think anything good can come out of this but Quince doesn’t see the harm. One day, Lily walks in on Brody and Doe and finds out that Doe kissed Brody. Lily resolves to go to Thalassinia to get her father to perform the separation ritual.
While Lily is there, she sees one of her old friends, Tellin. She hasn’t seen him since they were little kids. He tells her that his father is ill, so he is now acting as King of Acropora. That’s not all. He wants to bond with Lily, so they can rule together. Lily can’t believe the proposal he made. She had already made the decision to renounce her title. With Tellin in the picture, Lily starts to doubt her decision. Can she be queen? Will she find out why Doe’s been exiled? What is she going to do about Brody and Doe?
I didn’t like this one as much as the first one, but I still loved this one. At first, I liked Tellin but there were several times I wanted to throttle him. I won’t go into detail why, but he really annoyed me. I liked to see Lily struggling with her decision. It showed how much she cared for her people and that she didn’t know if she would be best for her people. I did find myself suffering from QDD (Quince Deficient Disorder) in this book. I love that this is a lighter paranormal book. Most of the ones out now are darker. Childs is definitely a breath of fresh air in this genre. Hopefully, there’ll be a third book. If not, maybe we could see some novellas.
Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs is the second book in the Fins series.
Lily Sanderson is going out with Quince Fletcher and couldn’t be happier. She decided to give up her title, so she could be with him. Since her grades aren’t the best, she’s studying like crazy for the SATs and is thrilled when Miss Molina, her Earth Science teacher in 9th grade, tells her that she could get an internship at Seaview Community. Since she never thought she’d stay on land, she hadn’t really worried about her grades.
She still lives with her Aunt Rachel and loves that Quince is her next-door neighbor. One morning, she finds her cousin, Dosinia, at her Rachel’s door. Apparently, Doe has been exiled from Thalassinia and stripped of most of her powers. Lily wants nothing to do with her, but unfortunately, Rachel invites her to stay. Doe tells Lily that Lily’s father said to consider helping Doe her last duty.
Doe doesn’t exactly make things easy for Lily. Doe starts showing interest in Brody, Lily’s former crush. Lily doesn’t think anything good can come out of this but Quince doesn’t see the harm. One day, Lily walks in on Brody and Doe and finds out that Doe kissed Brody. Lily resolves to go to Thalassinia to get her father to perform the separation ritual.
While Lily is there, she sees one of her old friends, Tellin. She hasn’t seen him since they were little kids. He tells her that his father is ill, so he is now acting as King of Acropora. That’s not all. He wants to bond with Lily, so they can rule together. Lily can’t believe the proposal he made. She had already made the decision to renounce her title. With Tellin in the picture, Lily starts to doubt her decision. Can she be queen? Will she find out why Doe’s been exiled? What is she going to do about Brody and Doe?
I didn’t like this one as much as the first one, but I still loved this one. At first, I liked Tellin but there were several times I wanted to throttle him. I won’t go into detail why, but he really annoyed me. I liked to see Lily struggling with her decision. It showed how much she cared for her people and that she didn’t know if she would be best for her people. I did find myself suffering from QDD (Quince Deficient Disorder) in this book. I love that this is a lighter paranormal book. Most of the ones out now are darker. Childs is definitely a breath of fresh air in this genre. Hopefully, there’ll be a third book. If not, maybe we could see some novellas.
greylandreviews's review against another edition
2.0
This was on the horror of a list called "TBR- To Be Read Hopefully : P" Yeah this book got crossed off and got a happy dance. This book was surprisingly better than the first! There was no more jealous girly or triangle love whatever the hell it's called. But there is this thing that still bothers me Insta-Love my goodness we need authors to get off this bandwagon that is tearing down the YA genre, can I get amen?! Insta anything book is bad, unless it's hot boys that instantly take off their shirts to cool off, because honey I'm good with that!!! But not the point in this book Dosinia "A.K.A bitchy cousin from the bottom of the sea" decides to show up. It's leads her to some weird shenanigans. I give this book 2 stars . being better but not by much...
Spoiler
making out with Brody, him turning merman, trying to get separated, but guess what there soul mates *face palm*hemsalot's review
Could NOT get through this, I believe I stopped 5 chapters in. The magic was the bickering between Quince and Lily, now that they're together, it's boring. I literally don't care about the plot of the other characters.
nellythanerd's review against another edition
3.0
2.9 Listen, this is the first time I like the second book more than the first. I was able to tolerate Lilly a little bit more. Scratch that, I only like this book for my team: Shannen, Doe, Quince and Aunt Rachel.
valleycat's review against another edition
3.0
Cute, predictable, kinda irritating. Overall it wasn't unenjoyable.