Loved, loved, LOVED this. Fantasy and doomed forbidden romance in one. That's my s***. Hahaha.
Anyways, when I picked it up, I was under the impression it would be some kind of modern retelling of Greek mythology (FYI: Greek mythology is also my s***.) It was not.
However, I was not disappointed. I was excited to delve into a story with mermaids. I've read about angels, vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies...other strange non-human things...you name it. I love to try somethin new!
Predictably, I fell in love with Galen. I mean come on! A boy who's willing to give up his one true love- and to his brother for that matter-for the sake of doing the right thing for other people? I too have a completely self-destructive self-detrimental (is that even a real phrase?) conscience! Galen is my kinda guy.
Of course, there was much more to it than a swoon-worthy mer-man (that just doesn't sound logical...haha). It was just a good story...created such a beautfully fantastical world. I mean for one... I would freakin love to find out I'm secretly a mythical creature! This is one of the reasons I love to read so much. Books offer such astounding possibility for life. You just never know what can happen.
But really I loved the heroine Emma in all her plain-old human-ness (someone get me a dictionary!) too, just for living her life when everything she thought she knew about herself and her life turned out to be wrong. That's something we can all learn from and aspire to, I think.
Ok...I know...I get far too emotionally invested with book characters, hahaha! But seriously, read it!
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