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blewballoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Unfortunately, I also disliked aspects of the book. I had seen that the reviews for this weren't great, but I tried to go in optimistically. I have to admit that the negative reviews are probably justified. The book did give me the vibes of reading merperson AU fanfic written by an inexperienced young author. I read The Spells We Cast by this same author and thought it was well written and very enjoyable, so maybe they have improved a lot. It does seem like this was a fun project for the author, so I'm happy they shared it.
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Car accident
sunflower7skull's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship
Minor: Body shaming, Death, Infidelity, Transphobia, Violence, and Car accident
always_sundae's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Transphobia
evelynyle_88's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I never knew I needed a book of merfolk that came out so perfect like this. Out Of The Blue was just a perfect light fantasy with a gentle touch of magic for me. This is perfect for me who love The Little Mermaid in general.
This book has a sweet and cute story (but with some heartfelt moment) that made me; who read it... cry. I just love Sean and Ross (a.k.a Crest). I love them so much equally. They're made for each other. A fantasy dream book of merfolk and brief their history for me.
Oh! And I love Kavya too.. also Elder Kelp! We can't forget about them and their wisefulness. Thank you for bringing this book to life, Jason. I appreciate you. Can't wait to read Jay's Gay Agenda as my other read for your book!
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Car accident
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Alcohol
rickireadss's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Car accident
Minor: Mental illness
stormeno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, and Dysphoria
bashsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Car accident
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Alcohol
-Explicit description of drowning -The transphobia is specifically some very brief misgenderingemily_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Vomit
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: earthquake, divorcereallife_kazbrekker's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
It made me cry multiple times, which is great obviously, and I really liked the ending! But I also didn't like all of the miscommunication issues that were going on and the way some of the characters acted in certain situations... Like I get that they are pretty much all teenagers, so we should expect some drama but still.
Anyway like I said I don't know what exactly to rate this, but I think a solid 3.75 stars should be good. Really liked the representation and the way all the emotional stuff was handled! Can't wait to see what I think of the authors other book!
Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the ARC of this book.
(Also this review is a bit of a mess because I'm in a lot of pain right now, so yeah sorry about that.)
Moderate: Body shaming and Injury/Injury detail
asparagusisreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Car accident