Review: Liked it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
I must say I didn’t expect much when I first requested this book on NetGalley, because well … to be honest I haven’t read many great mermaid stories in the last few years, but The Rising certainly surprised me.So let me start at the beginning. This book is about mermaids and werewolves, an odd combinations I know but in this case it really works. We meet Serena who’s a misschievous, very curious and rule breaking fifteen-year-old mermaid. Serena doesn’t feel like she belongs with Society and often goes on the Dry, knowing she isn’t allowed without expressed permission. After being accused by her Caste Master Zayla of Meddling, Serena is put through a whirlwind of drama and dangers as well, when at her Choosing the King proclaims her Werewolf Liason, when there hasn’t been one since the Maiden Massacre sixteen years prior, and what had started the war between the mermaids and the werewolves. And leads Serena to discover many things that she never knew about her kind, as well as buried secrets that come to light that leave her wondering about who her true enemies are.Unto to other things now,I loved the way the author created the mermaid or rather the Undine species. They’re not your normal mermaid and I like that about this. I also love the way their Society and hierarchy is put together. It really is so different from all the other mermaid stories I’ve read in my life and it really is immensly interesting.Then the characters, I love Serena. She’s a bit of a misfit really, but she’s also curious, nice, smart and just overal a really interesting character. Then we also have Kai, who’s part of King’s Guard, I find him funny and easy to like as well. Then we also have Liam, who’s a werewolf and the first one Serena meets after she’s appointed Werewolf Liason. He interesting to say the least, but I can’t quite get a read on him right now, I think I’m going to wait and see until the second book comes out until I form my opinion of that particular character. Besides those three, there are a bunch of characters we meet throughout the story, like the King, Zayla, Rayna, Nerin, Ervin, Cordelia and many many more.Overal this was a very, very interesting book and I loved it, there was only one minor thing that bothered me, but besides that it was perfect. One of the best mermaid stories I’ve read in years and I recommend it to everyone who loves mermaids and werewolves to read this book because it’s definitely worth it.