Review: Well written and interesting...except
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2012
I don't know what made me even start this little story.  I have hundreds of books I got for free at various times for my Kindle and I've read only a handful of them.  Some of them are good, some are very bad.  "Madly" stands out from the pack in a good way!  I struggled a little bit with the concept at first.  Its about a merpeople whose home water world is Atlas.  They appear human and go to school on land in a town called Slumber which is the home of their descendants.  Madly is a mer-princess and she is eventually going to marry Aiden, another of mer royalty.  But her heart years for handsome Jackson who is a sentinel. Because of the difference in their status they could never be a couple.  The bad guys are the "Lore" who have been locked up for eons in the mer's prisons.  Then several of the Lore escape and Madly finds out that her parents and sister are being held hostage by the Lore.  Its up to Madly (with the help of Jackson and her friends) to help capture the Lore and retrieve her parents and sister from the danger they are in.I found the story captivating once I realized the connection between the Lore and the people of the land.  I like Madly and her friends well enough.  My one big problem is that even after Madly learns about the fate of her family, she is still mooning over Jackson.  She is thinking of his beautiful hair and eyes.  There is little panic or worry for her parents and this bugged me. "Madly" is a short story and it is merely an introduction into the next full length book "Madly and Wolfhardt".  I have to admit that I bought that one as soon as I finished "Madly".  I can't wait to find out what happens.