Review: Slow pacing, but with greater stakes
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
When we meet Marina again in The Moon and The Tide, she's all but dismissed the ultimatum issued to her in the previous book by the mermaid council: she has 50 moons to decide whether to join her sisters in the sea or she will have no choice but to remain human. Marina thinks it's a no-brainer: she's spent her whole life as a human and she has a lot of people that she loves. Still, the sea calls to her, much to the dismay of her boyfriend Ethan. The more it calls to her, the more she seems to reveal things she'd rather not.And it's only a matter of time until the wrong people notice.Derrolyn Anderson's mermaid interpretation engrossed me in the previous book, and that continued in this installment. In particular, I was fascinated by the things we learning about those who are half-mermaid- or, as Anderson calls them "hybrids."There's undoubtedly a lot of mystery and danger in The Moon and The Tide, and when Derrolyn ups the stakes for Marina, it truly yanked me into the story.But I wasn't constantly in the story. The book is so long with so many fairly repetitive scenes: Marina paints, she surfs, she fights with Ethan, she encourages someone. A little less would have improved the pacing significantly.And then there's Ethan. Good god, someone get Marina away from that boy. I was with aunt Evie 110% when she tried. Marina and her story are so much more interesting when he's not around to pick a fight and get all jealous and alpha-male on her. The plot MOVES when he's not there, plus I respect Marina more.Rating: 3/5. Liked it a bit less than the first novel, but I still liked The Moon and The Tide enough to read the next book in Derrolyn Anderson's mermaid series.- See more at: [...]-Received in exchange for an honest review