Review: Well written!  Part Romance, Part Dark Fantasy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
First, erase your mental image of The Little Mermaid. Is the slate clean? Put away the happy pastels and grab the bold, fierce and savage colors and get ready to re-color your view of mers and do NOT be afraid to go outside of the lines, just like author Jane Thomson did when she created Deeper! Mermaids, mermen, or" mers," are not all cute and cuddly, they are a ferocious mammal who lives in the sea. Their pods respect power, they can be vicious, cold and seemingly uncaring. For young and curious Melur, humans hold a huge fascination, with their long legs, and their mysterious existence in the dry world with all of their possessions. She longs to be like them and asks the `spirits' to grant her wish to have legs and live in the human world where she thinks she has found love with a human she once saved. Is she willing to give up the only life she has ever known for a world where she may never quite fit in? Is being with this human worth losing her only friend, someone who understands her better than anyone else? Stubborn and determined, Melur could turn out to be her own worst enemy as the reality of her dreams is as harsh as life under the water.Jane Thomson has created a very dark look at these creatures of legends and myths. Ms. Thomson has allowed Melur to speak in the first person, giving the reader a stark look at life within the pod through the eyes of a youthful and strong-willed young mer. Melur is passionate about what she wants, and it shows. Did I connect with her? Most definitely. Jane Thomson's style is crisp and engaging, with just enough imagination to make everything totally plausible, from her vivid character descriptions, to her detailing of every action in every scene. I was there, in the mer world, smelling the smells and hearing the crunch of bones when they chewed. I'm also going to avoid swimming in open water for a while, because I'll never know who is watching that I cannot see.My thanks to Jane Thomson for generously providing a copy of Deeper in exchange for my honest review.