Review: Wow! Completely unexpected, and a book that needs to be read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
I received this book in exchange for an honest review from the author through the Goodreads' group "Lovers of Paranormal". The Marked Ones drags you into the depth of the world of mermaids-their customs, their desires, their lifestyles, and more. The heroine, Ivyanne, is torn between two lives and more men that she can keep track of. Trying to find solis from the decision of choosing between three suitors in line to be king, mermaid Princess Ivyanne, travels to the place that gave her her fondest memories, unknowingly putting herself in the path of her childhood love. Now she has decisions to make and buried feelings to overcome.Holy cow! That's all that comes to mind. This is such a great and unpredictable story. I laughed at parts, cursed at others.  I actually felt my heart hurting, right along with the heroine's. The author does a wonderful job of pulling the reader in and keeping them there to the very end. I found it funny how I didn't want it to end, but at the same time, I couldn't wait for the end to find out what was going to happen. Because of the holidays, I had to put the book down more than I liked, but it was never far from my mind, wondering what was going to happen. The best part... What actually happened, wasn't anything I had thought up.The beginning was a little confusing when trying to explain the mermaid extended family, but became more clear later on. There also were some grammatical errors with the author leaving out small words here and there. It was more prevalent in the first have and I actually went back and forth between a 4 and 5 star review because of it. In the end, I thought the story was too good to get anything less than a 5. Great job! Keep them coming, because I will definitely be reading them. Thank you.