I started this series being curious about mermen, and now because of this series I love mermen! I love the way Shira Anthony writes, and they way she I started this series being curious about mermen, and now because of this series I love mermen! I love the way Shira Anthony writes, and they way she tells a story. I will miss these characters.
OMG OMG OMG this was awesome!! It was short, but emotional and quite different from the other mermen books I have read. Granted I have only read a fewOMG OMG OMG this was awesome!! It was short, but emotional and quite different from the other mermen books I have read. Granted I have only read a few but this little story packed quite a punch!
This was an unexpected sweet shortie! My first story that involved a merman and it pulled at my emotions and made me happy. Give me more of stories liThis was an unexpected sweet shortie! My first story that involved a merman and it pulled at my emotions and made me happy. Give me more of stories like this! ...more
For me this story was more adventure then romance, and my expectation and desire was for more romance than adventure (see a problem here). So when Taren and Ian are separated quite early in the story I was not a happy reader.
Again, I don’t want to give any of the story away so I am going to limit what I mention. During a fierce battle at sea Taren is thrown overboard and knocked unconscious. He wakes up on the island where Odran is rumored to live. Odran has the rune stone Taren and the other mainland Ea need to protect themselves. And so Taren’s journey begins…Now this is where i find my patience running out, I honestly didn’t like the fact that Ian and Taren were separated for so long. Now was this middle part entertaining and filled with adventure, and was there important stuff to the story happening? Well, yes actually, but because i kept waiting for the two MC’s to get back together I found myself rushing through this part. I remember posting a status update at 67% and saying “is this part necessary?”, that was my patience running out folks. And honestly, I got a few pages past this part and things started moving fast and furious. Now the next lucky person who reads this book may not feel like this at all, this middle part may be just was awesome for them as the last 35% was for me.
And I will say again IMO that Shira Anthony can write a helluva story. The story was multi-layered, the characters well thought out and the world she created fascinating! I love Taren and Ian *sigh*. These two are “soulbound”, and this idea just made my romantic heart just swoon!
What to say about the end…well there is a not a HEA because we have at least one more book to go. I will say Taren and Ian definitely get a HFN, but there is definitely lots more ahead and the story is not close to being over. And as I finished reading the last page i reached for my phone, and despite the fact it was 2 am where my BFF lives I had to text her and say “OMG OMG OMG OMG”, followed by “YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK, DO YOU HEAR ME GIRL!”
If you love, shifters, fantasy, pirates and adventure this is the story and the series for you. Now I am stuck waiting for the next book in this series. Again, more patience needed from me….oh dear… ...more
OMG OMG OMG!!!! This book has plastered a smile on my face that has lasted all day long! I am here to tell you my fellow fantasy loving readers you goOMG OMG OMG!!!! This book has plastered a smile on my face that has lasted all day long! I am here to tell you my fellow fantasy loving readers you gotta READ THIS BOOK!!!
First thing though is a confession, I have had this book sitting on my Kindle forever….why was I so stupid!! I read this book in a day, I simply started in the morning and skipped breakfast, I ignored email alerts, tweets and my dog! Fantasy books should take you away, they should grab you and plunge you headfirst into their world. I will admit as much as I love paranormal, fantasy reads there are times the language the author creates for their world is difficult for me. I find them hard to follow at times and I lose some of my enthusiasm, or the world is so complicated for me I get lost (what’s happening again). Not the case with this gem of a story. As soon as I started reading I was in another place, and falling in love with new characters.
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I don’t want to give away any of the story, because part of what I loved about reading this was finding out for myself. And I will confess again that when I started this book I didn’t even read the blurb, I had read it when I bought the book of course, but I honestly forgot what it said. I am so glad I didn’t read it, I loved finding out for myself what was going on. But to write a decent review I guess I have to talk about some of this story. So here goes!
This book had adventure, pirates, a little menage on the side, mermen shifters, MC’s I fell in love with, chemistry, heat, love scenes that had me swooning!! And one scene in particular I couldn't help but swoon all over the place telling my BFF Macky girl! I also loved the secondary characters as well and it had bad guys I so so hated!!! Speaking of bad guys, there is a part in this book that Taren goes through that absolutely broke my heart, it was painful to read and I just wanted to reach in and save him! OMG!
I loved the flow of this book, it never had a dull moment, I think Shira Anthony is a talented writer and storyteller and I am officially now a huge fan!!
If you love shifters, fantasy, pirates, adventures on the high seas, lovable and swoon-worthy charters then this is the book for you! I know I am gushing all over the place, but I don’t care, I LOVED THIS BOOK! Shira please write faster!!! ...more
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