Review: Mermaids and dolphins...sea life real and fantasy of all kinds.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
Mermaids and dolphins...sea life real and fantasy of all kinds. Everything a dolphin girl like me lives for. This book was right up my alley from my childhood love of the little mermaid to my present love of dolphins.Rania Aqualina is half mermaid and half human. She lives in the human world in a town far away from anything water related. She's a detective and she gets in called on a case of a dead blonde that she realizes is a mermaid as well. What would a mermaid in her right mind be doing that far away from the sea? Things really start to get interesting when she realizes the blonde has a connection to her. She winds up having to steal the body to keep the mermaid secret. Then there's the hot naked mystery guy that leaped into her life....(Literally) and whether she can learn to trust him. She goes to Aegira a city under the sea. (Who wouldn't want to hang out in a hidden under water city?) Once she's there though she gets more questions than answers. She's involved in some ancient mystery and she somehow knows she's meant to play a role in it. Can she solve the mystery and save the world and hopefully herself while doing it?As I mentioned this world had aspects that I loved and that I so easily got caught up in. The story got better and better as I read it. Rania is the kind of sarcastic and witty character that I just find so enjoyable. She's the kind of character that can sometimes be misunderstood but that I love.There is this figurative clock ticking throughout the whole book that is leading to the day she was told she is supposed to die, in 3 weeks. It kept being brought up throughout the book but not in an obnoxious way. I think it was handled well. But I feel like the whole book was leading to what I hoped would be a resolution to the 3 weeks but it wasn't so I have to wait for the next book for that resolution. *sad face*I loved rick the dolphin he was so cute. I think all books no matter what they're about need witty dolphins in them. Here is my fave line from Rick "Oh, babe, you're taking to a dolphin. Don't you know by now we know things?"I really enjoyed this book, and I am grateful that I got the chance to review it and I can't wait to read the next one.