Series: Fairytale Retellings (bk. 3)
Genera: Paranormal Romance/Fantasy
Subjects: Mermaids, fairy tales, supernatural, love,
magic, sisters
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 291 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Little, Brown
Summary/ product description: “Celia Reynolds is the
youngest in a set of triplets and the one with the least valuable power. Anne
can see the future, and Jane can see the present, but all Celia can see is the
past. And the past seems so insignificant -- until Celia meets Lo.
Lo doesn't know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is now almost entirely a creature of the sea -- a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid -- all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she's becoming. Lo clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to remember her past, even as she's tempted to embrace her dark immortality.
When a handsome boy named Jude falls off a pier and into the ocean, Celia and Lo work together to rescue him from the waves. The two form a friendship, but soon they find themselves competing for Jude's affection. Lo wants more than that, though. According to the ocean girls, there's only one way for Lo to earn back her humanity. She must persuade a mortal to love her . . . and steal his soul.”
Lo doesn't know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is now almost entirely a creature of the sea -- a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid -- all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she's becoming. Lo clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to remember her past, even as she's tempted to embrace her dark immortality.
When a handsome boy named Jude falls off a pier and into the ocean, Celia and Lo work together to rescue him from the waves. The two form a friendship, but soon they find themselves competing for Jude's affection. Lo wants more than that, though. According to the ocean girls, there's only one way for Lo to earn back her humanity. She must persuade a mortal to love her . . . and steal his soul.”
My Rating: êêêê
My Review: As with all the books in this series, to
are some connections between characters. Celia is one of the Reynolds. The youngest
one. Lo is related to a character in the last book, Sweetly. You can guess who
for yourself. And there are werewolves again, eventually, but the main focus is
the ocean girls. Celia and her triplet sisters all have special powers, and it
reminds me of the characters from Tera Lynn Childs’ book Sweet Venom. I really
liked Celia and Jude. Jude is a musician and he’s pretty funny and cute. And Lo
remind of Luce from Lost Voices by Sarah Porter. But these girl aren’t mermaids
with tails. It’s not even clear why they’re underwater. It’s pretty mysterious.
The plot is mainly about Celia using her past reading powers to help Lo remember
who she was before. The book switched between their perspectives, and I find
Celia’s perspective easier to read. Lo’s underwater world is very strange. She
talks about “becoming angels” and that she would have kill a boy who falls in
love with her to get her soul back. The story is pretty interesting over all,
but I’ve having a hard time reviewing it. I liked Jackson’s other books. She’s
really good a write retellings that are very different from the actually
fairytale. This is no ordinary mermaid tale, so I do recommend it to those
looking for something unique.
Cover Art Review: I love this cover! So shiny and
metallic. I like the use of an object rather than a model. And the title is
nicely customized on Illustrator (but could be refined even more). The author’s
name is nicely done. I love the light effects that make it look under water.
The pendant makes the bottom of the mermaid’s tail fin look like angel wings.
~Haley G
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