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legendofpi's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
marie_alker's review against another edition
5.0
Wow I love all books by P.C. Cast. And this series doesn't disappoint. It's quite a fast paced book and pulls you in straightaway, a quick easy read. Highly recommend reading this series
hollieberrie's review against another edition
4.0
The book opened up with U.S. Air Force sergeant Christine Canady home alone on her birthday. Feeling almost sorry for herself she starts to drink champagne and decides to pull out an old book and recite an invocation. Little did she know that her "wish" was about to come true.
Next chapter, her plane crashes into the ocean and when she wakes up she is back in time. Not exactly sure when (might have said some date in the book) just a LONG time ago. Anyway, so with her wish the goddess Gaea trades her soul with that of her mermaid daughter Undine.
The story goes on to tell how Undine is the daughter of both she and Poseidon and that Undine was born a mermaid so must remain in the sea. Undine, naturally, longs to stay on land but Poseidon loves his daughter too much to let her go. Meanwhile, there is a nasty merman named Sarpedon that wants to have Undine for his own. I think you get the picture...
To get away from Sarpedon, Gaea gifts her with human form. She still has to return to the sea and take her mermaid form once each third night or she will sicken and die. Now as she is being sent to to land to find "the man who can accept and love you" she meets a merman named Dylan. Once on land she meets Andras... And so the story goes, will she find true love on land with Andras or is she really meant to be in the sea with Dylan.
A nice heartwarming romance with a few twist and turns. I just wish there was more interaction with the Gods and Goddesses... but then there's always the next book.
Next chapter, her plane crashes into the ocean and when she wakes up she is back in time. Not exactly sure when (might have said some date in the book) just a LONG time ago. Anyway, so with her wish the goddess Gaea trades her soul with that of her mermaid daughter Undine.
The story goes on to tell how Undine is the daughter of both she and Poseidon and that Undine was born a mermaid so must remain in the sea. Undine, naturally, longs to stay on land but Poseidon loves his daughter too much to let her go. Meanwhile, there is a nasty merman named Sarpedon that wants to have Undine for his own. I think you get the picture...
To get away from Sarpedon, Gaea gifts her with human form. She still has to return to the sea and take her mermaid form once each third night or she will sicken and die. Now as she is being sent to to land to find "the man who can accept and love you" she meets a merman named Dylan. Once on land she meets Andras... And so the story goes, will she find true love on land with Andras or is she really meant to be in the sea with Dylan.
A nice heartwarming romance with a few twist and turns. I just wish there was more interaction with the Gods and Goddesses... but then there's always the next book.
breezy610's review against another edition
4.0
Very good. It was soo good and i find myself tearing up at the end. I can't wait for the next book.
blurrypetals's review against another edition
2.0
I asked for recommendations from my Facebook friends a few days ago and a friend I went to university with recommended this to me when I asked her what a good mermaid book was. I was nervous when I saw it was, unfortunately, written by P.C. Cast.
I'm pretty sure her name gives me the paranormal YA equivalent of Vietnam flashbacks. We all did things back during Twilight mania we aren't proud of...The House of Night books are the ones that finally broke me, I think.
Regardless of the alarm bells going off in my head and my pupils dilating so quickly I think I felt it, some sort of dark, sinister voice in the back of my head whispered, "It's going to be fine. You love mermaids. What could possibly go wrong? Just spend your hard earned money on it."
I don't know why that trance couldn't have remained over me in perfect, ignorant bliss, but here I am, barely three hours into the book, where I suddenly came to my senses and I finally went, "Oh, right. P.C. Cast is a bad writer. I am not having fun." and hopped onto Audible to get my money back.
There isn't much for me to say about the story and how little of it I was able to bear before I distanced myself from this as well as one can be distanced from a digital file. It felt just as contrived and boring as the eight The House of Night books I somehow lived through reading. I'm sure this book is for someone out there, in the same way that weird book, Evil by Tijan was somehow for me. This book just wasn't for me, though. I felt like my money and, more importantly, my time would be better spent elsewhere and that's a rock fact.
I'm pretty sure her name gives me the paranormal YA equivalent of Vietnam flashbacks. We all did things back during Twilight mania we aren't proud of...The House of Night books are the ones that finally broke me, I think.
Regardless of the alarm bells going off in my head and my pupils dilating so quickly I think I felt it, some sort of dark, sinister voice in the back of my head whispered, "It's going to be fine. You love mermaids. What could possibly go wrong? Just spend your hard earned money on it."
I don't know why that trance couldn't have remained over me in perfect, ignorant bliss, but here I am, barely three hours into the book, where I suddenly came to my senses and I finally went, "Oh, right. P.C. Cast is a bad writer. I am not having fun." and hopped onto Audible to get my money back.
There isn't much for me to say about the story and how little of it I was able to bear before I distanced myself from this as well as one can be distanced from a digital file. It felt just as contrived and boring as the eight The House of Night books I somehow lived through reading. I'm sure this book is for someone out there, in the same way that weird book, Evil by Tijan was somehow for me. This book just wasn't for me, though. I felt like my money and, more importantly, my time would be better spent elsewhere and that's a rock fact.
atxbookluvr's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
boiledegg's review against another edition
Writing was so bad honestly it was so cringey I really could not continue
jennabeelack's review against another edition
3.0
This whole series is kinda... meh. Interesting enough to read, but definitely not good enough to recommend to anyone.
**rape trigger warning.
**rape trigger warning.