Review: A bit cliche....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
Hmm. This is the first book I've read about mermaids. And definitely the first (and maybe last) erotica mermaid book. Not that anything super weird happened, but I kept thinking about if it did....*shudder*I was pretty satisfied with Marissa's character. She's beautiful, but she doesn't let that carry her in life. She's driven and is hella good at what she does. The fact that Wyatt ends up loving her personality as much as her looks is just splendid - except I wouldn't say that Marissa is bubbling with personality throughout the book. She is more so just saying no....and I guess that turns Wyatt on?The whole book kind of leads the reader on. So Marissa is a mermaid. Okay, cool. So when is she going to transform? When is this going to be exposed to the other characters? How will they react? I'm thinking this for like the whole book....and what a freakin' let down. First of all, how does Wyatt not notice that she's scaly from the waist down when he's got his hands/mouth/anatomy are all over that? Is the room THAT dark? I enjoyed the parts when it was hinted at - like she was luminescent and reflected the light. But apparently that couldn't have continues when they were making love. Harumph. So the love scene isn't the big reveal...okay. Well they're going to wake up and she'll be a mermaid, right? No. She wakes up and goes swimming. And then he finds her swimming gracefully? No. CAUTION: SPOILER I mean...come on...she got harpooned?! Not the reveal I expected. And the dolphin thing just freaked me out - but that must have something to do with this being my first mermaid book. I clearly know nothing about mermaid/dolphin communication.And the love story seems to come out of nowhere - and WHAM! BAM! No thank you....really....an unnecessarily cheesy romance ensues. With all the cliche endings imaginable.Overall the book is awfully scattered too. It seemed to jump quite a bit. We'd be in one place and then another. At lunch. On the sidewalk. On the beach. On the sidewalk. In the car. On the sidewalk. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed choppy and a few times I thought I'd skipped pages. But no, it's just scattered.Now I didn't completely hate the book. It was a quick read. And before the loving got too cheesy, I enjoyed Wyatt's strong character. I just don't recommend this book to people like me who like a bit more intensity and less happy-go-lucky cliche endings with rainbows, sunshine, babies, and weddings.