Review: interesting fishy tale with a sweet romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Shana Norris, Fiction Addiction, and Netgalley.)17-year-old Mara is moving to the small island of Swan's Landing to live with her father following her mother's death.Some of the people of Swan's Landing are less than welcoming though, and some even seem racist towards Mara for what she assumes is her dark skin, but in truth it seems it is something else.Mara has heard talk of the `finfolk' - people who are able to transform underwater to have a tail rather than legs and breath water instead of air, but Mara never thought that this would have any impact on her life.Why do the residents of Swan's Landing hate Mara so much? Why did her father never travel inland to visit her? And what of the finfolk?This was an okay story about a girl who discovers she has ties to the sea, and I liked the romance.The characters in this book were all quite argumentative, and bitter! They all seemed to argue among themselves, and there wasn't a single person in the town who wasn't feuding with someone else it seemed! There was even a real race-hate thing going on, and so many people were just angry! Even Mara was angry, seemingly at everyone, although this was probably in part due to her grief over her mother's death.My favourite character in this was Josh (the love interest) though, who was so sweet and so supportive, and made such a good match for Mara.The storyline in this was okay if a little predictable in places. I thought that the way that Mara found out what she was was a little odd, but it accomplished what needed to be accomplished!My favourite part of this book was the romance between Josh and Mara, although I didn't appreciate the love triangle. Why Dylan needed to be in there I don't know! When Mara and Josh were together though it was really sweet, and I really wanted things to work out for them.The ending of this was alright, but for me it was a little sad, and didn't really tie all that much up. I'm guessing that you have to read the rest of the books in the series to find out what happens to Mara and Josh but I real hope that they end up together!Overall; an interesting fishy tale with a sweet romance.6.5 out of 10.