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Fractured fairytale with a gender twist - a somewhat flawed narrative with a lot of lyin’ cheatin’ and miscommunications & references to romcoms.
Interesting but not memorable

librantihero's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 ⭐️

9queenbee9's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

indiekay's review against another edition

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4.0

I was really worried I'd hate this, because I really didn't like Jason June's first book -- I thought the writing was good in Jay's Gay Agenda, but I HATED the character and every decision he made. BUT I wanted to read this book because I love merfolk.

I REALLY liked the first 80% of this. It kind of falls apart after that for a bit (there's some similarities between this and Jay's Gay Agenda at this point that made me really go like??

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does this author have a cheating kink???

but honestly it wasn't AS bas as JGA, so I'll forgive it.

And the ending.

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The ending is NOT a HEA. And there's a lot of hints thrown in in the book that you think the human character is going to become a merman, but then he's like FUCK NO I DON'T WANT THAT, and goes back to the human world. And then in the epilogue his old childhood friend is now dating his best friend, and it's like ??? These bitches never even TALKED to each other during this book and now they're DATING?? I think I'd have honestly liked it more if the human MC and his childhood best friend had been dating in the epilogue instead.

That all said, it's not a bad book. Like I wouldn't buy the physical copy at full price, but if I saw it on sale I'd probably get it (the cover is GORGEOUS)

bellas__book_nook's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

bro what the actual fuck was that cheating trope. if i was sean I wouldnt take him back bc he FUCKING CHEATED!!! also not the whole dramatic reunion, saving, confessing love, etc just to NOT END UP TOGETHER. also side note this was not very ya and it made me feel very uncomfy that i had to read about a SIXTEEN YEAR OLD having sex like pls thats barely the age of consent

briparker195's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This read like a fanfic that you finish solely because it has the tags you want, but the writing is mediocre. Also read like a fanfic because it was a fast read. Did I finish it because it was a mermaid story? Yes. Did I feel like I was reading a 9th grader's 3rd attempt at a fanfic? Also yes.

true14216's review against another edition

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4.0

Cute merperson story about finding yourself and finding love.

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