by Anne Greenwood Brown
Published June 12th 2012
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ARC from Netgalley
Thoughts:
I am so excited to find out that there's more books about mermaids and mer-folk being published this year since I really think that they are a lot more exciting and mysterious than fallen angels or vampires. Unfortunately, this book failed to capture my excitement and attention. By the first few chapters, I've already figured everything out so it's hard for me to even finish the book, let alone be totally immersed in it.
The mer-boy Calder and his beautiful and alluring mermaid sisters have a sinister plan of avenging their mother's death by planning to murder a man. Just to make matters more complicated, they plan to do it by letting Calder seduce one of his daughter. And the rest as they say is history. Both of them fell in love which put quite a damper on the sisters' plan and annoyed one of the sister (who has an unhealthy obsession with Calder and not in a sisterly way).
There's a twist at the end which I think feels a little bit forced and I was surprised to find that this is actually the first in a series since there's not much left to be told. If you're into mermaids who likes to stalk and kills off humans then this is for you. Sadly, I'm not into that and the slow pace just turns me off.
Verdict: 2 stars.
In my Debut Author Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
ARC from Netgalley
Summary from Goodreads:
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 the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistable good looks and charm on ususpecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.
Thoughts:
I am so excited to find out that there's more books about mermaids and mer-folk being published this year since I really think that they are a lot more exciting and mysterious than fallen angels or vampires. Unfortunately, this book failed to capture my excitement and attention. By the first few chapters, I've already figured everything out so it's hard for me to even finish the book, let alone be totally immersed in it.
The mer-boy Calder and his beautiful and alluring mermaid sisters have a sinister plan of avenging their mother's death by planning to murder a man. Just to make matters more complicated, they plan to do it by letting Calder seduce one of his daughter. And the rest as they say is history. Both of them fell in love which put quite a damper on the sisters' plan and annoyed one of the sister (who has an unhealthy obsession with Calder and not in a sisterly way).
There's a twist at the end which I think feels a little bit forced and I was surprised to find that this is actually the first in a series since there's not much left to be told. If you're into mermaids who likes to stalk and kills off humans then this is for you. Sadly, I'm not into that and the slow pace just turns me off.
Verdict: 2 stars.
In my Debut Author Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
I've never read any Mermaid books. Perhaps, I should not start with this one.
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