Review: Addicted!! Awesome start to this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
I grabbed this book free from Amazon quite a while ago, and I wish I hadn't waited so long to start reading it. You never know what you're going to get when you download a freebie, though, do you?It is still free on Amazon so I recommend hitting that little yellow button above and snatching it up!Madly James is of royal descent; a mermaid princess to be exact. She is doing her internship in a town called Slumber, while waiting for her mating tie to Aidan to take hold of her, as she's heard will happen before they are to be married. So far the only love she feels for Aidan is the kind you feel toward your big brother, not a future mate. She does, however, feel an unmistakable desire to be in the arms of Jackson Hamilton, a Sentinel of the Mer, and brother of her best friend, Jersey. It is strictly forbidden for Madly to even think of a Sentinel in that manner, so this should be good!This story begins with a bang as Madly has a vision of something horrible happening. She races off with Aidan and Jersey to find out that her vision has come true, and the intense action begins. Madly learns that her family has been captured by the Lore, and she is their only hope for survival! She has a huge task ahead of her, but she also has Jackson at her side, sworn to protect her and assure her victory.What happens next? I don't know because it ended!!! Gah!This is my first experience reading M. Leighton, and I am SUPER impressed. This first novelette in the Madly series may be less than 60 pages long, but it is packed to the gills with awesome world building, character development, and nail-biting action. Several days later and I'm still distracted by this storyline. That is excellent writing, folks! I'll be honest, I've never read anything about mermaids before, except for in children's books with my daughters, but after reading this I have to admit that I've been missing out.I highly recommend Madly to all fans of YA Fantasy. This is not The Little Mermaid, that's for sure! I'm off to buy the second book in this series...