Review: review of lords of the abyss
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
I did enjoy reading this entire fantasy romance trilogy about mermen and mermaids since I haven’t really read any books as of yet about them.  Even though I haven’t read any of Ms. Michelle M. Pillow’s books before I do plan to read more books from her after reading this trilogy.  I also thought this was a good price for all three books in this trilogy.  Overall I rated the books four stars.  Below is what I would have rated the books individually.The mighty hunter was a good story with a very handsome mermen hunter hero Caderyn who I just adored and couldn’t help but have a little crush on him too.  Bridget on the other hand just annoyed me.  Yes she might have been a scientist she just didn’t seem all that intelligent either.  Plus, it just irritated me many numerous times she would ask Caderyn for validation and proof as to whom and what he is.  What she couldn’t believe her own eyes when she actually witnessed Caderyn turning into a merman?  I sometimes wished that Caderyn would of just thrown her back and found someone worthy, had trust in him and didn’t just use him for just satiating a sexual lustful physical need.  This first book did have a lot of graphic in-depth sexual descriptions which I just ended up skipping and still I was able to understand the story without all those graphic sexual acts described so explicitly.  I was really hoping that this would be more of a paranormal and it was more erotica than the explaining of the Merr world and why the hunters are considered lords.  The sad part about the story is it just ends abruptly with both Bridget and Caderyn fainting after hearing the good news.  So I just had to assume that Bridget and Caderyn became one big happy family with merbabies and everything turned out okay it was just left open and seemed more of a cliffhanger ending than anything that I couldn’t help but rate the story four stars.Commanding the tides the next story is a little bit better than the mighty hunter.  Cassandra the heroine Bridget’s shipmate who has cancer is a courageous young woman who also has the effects of cancer riddling her body.  Of course she can’t deny liking Iason the hero the handsome mermen hunter who while saving Cassandra gives her the kiss of life to save her to take back to the abyss Cassandra instead kisses him back and with passion before blacking out.  I think what made me like the story a little bit better was both of the characters were not constantly out to intentionally hurt each other like the first story and they actually enjoyed being together whether in the bedroom or not.  Even when Iason saves Cassandra several times it seemed just downright very chivalrous to me.  I even loved Iason’s pet fish Ugly and just could easily imagine him in my head.  The only thing is I would have definitely liked to hear Lysander’s story and if he ever became a Merr and was finally able to be with his love.  Still the story was good and ended better than the first that I rated it four stars.The last book of the trilogy captive of the deep was just an okay read for me.  I loved the Mermen handsome hero and hunter Rigel plus all his dark family secrets and somewhat cute possessive protective nature that I couldn’t help but like him. The bad tempered just downright mean heroine Lyra just made me want to choke her.  I think the only thing she had going for her was that she was beautiful.  Even the sex scenes were just hard to take Lyra’s demeaning and demanding behavior to him while having sex were just so cold and heartless that I just felt very sorry for Rigel and kept wanting him to throw her back just to be rid of her.  I wondered why out of all three stories this is the one with the epilogue but there are still a few questions.  How come in the first two Bridget and Cassandra get to become mermaids but Lyra doesn’t get that privilege?  Maybe it’s just assumed or something since she has some telepathic ability that she becomes one.  Do eventually Bridget, Cassandra and Lyra eventually become friends or does she still shun and act like she hates them?  Do Lyra and Rigel get married or do they just become bedmates since she acts like she loves him and just lives with him?  I don’t mind a strong independent woman but Lyra needed to show a softer side to her personality instead of the ice queen.  Out of the other two heroines I wanted her to run away and join the Olympians the most.  Even though I just couldn’t stand her I just not only felt sorrow for Rigel and everything he had suffered through losing his family and just becoming less of a man around Lyra I still liked him and wanted want was best for him.  Even the story was good with the mystifying horrific family secrets plaguing them both and the potential to be a fairly good read that I rated the story three stars.