Review: New take on a mermaid story that was an excellent read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
I should probably state before anything else that I'm a HUGE mermaid fan.  (Have been since my first read through of The Little Mermaid...you know, the heartbreaking one by Hans Christian Andersen that had me SOBBING as a child.)  The story is told from the main protagonist's point of view and, as she happens to be a mermaid, I was delighted.  She is real, gritty, and unexpectedly badass.  I felt her frustration while she tried to figure out who was trying to hurt both the people she cared about on "The Land", along with those 7 miles under the sea.  It's the first series I've ever read that the mermaids didn't have tails, but the author made it work.  She even has a doctor's description of what would make a mermaid's body different; skin that was made differently, muscle tone, etc.  They look like us sure, but don't challenge one to arm wrestle you.  I am definitely looking forward to diving in (see what I did there?) to the next one, "Beached", coming soon.