Showing posts with label mermaid books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mermaid books. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2016

Mini Review: Sea Spell

 * Final book in the Waterfire Saga*
The six mermaids need more time before the final battle with Orfeo. With everything against them, they're going to have oi make a stand and hope that everything falls into place. Their world and their lives depend upon it.
The Good:
The struggles
The triumphs
The twists and turns of the plot
The friendships
The betrayals
The action and danger

The Bad:
It's over BUT dare I say there might be a spin off series? One can only hope

Final Thoughts:
An excellent ending to a super fun series about good vs evil, mermaids, friendship, family, and love. Perfect for both public and school libraries.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Mini Review: Dark Tide

 * Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga * 
The six mermaids are still trying to save the world, but the danger gets greater with every passing moment. We learn their secrets, uncover news from their past, and hope that they can actually save the world.
The Good:
I love learning Astrid's secret and how it changed the mission
I loved the romance plots
I loved the danger and the action
I loved the help from the rest of the world (not in on the evil plot)
I loved learning more about their characters and their past
I loved seeing the mermaids become more self confident
That ending!!

The Bad:
The Book is over (but there's two months until book 4 (the final book) comes out)

Final Thoughts: This series is fantastic: super fun, strong female characters, friendship, romance, and saving the world. What more could you want?

Monday, January 5, 2015

Review: Rogue Wave

* Book 2 in the Waterfire Saga *
Serafina's still reeling from the attack that changed her life on the morning of her betrothal and recognition as the next ruler. Now she and five other mermaids search the realms for six talismans from the ancient world that could save their kingdom.

But they aren't the only ones looking for the talismans and they have less resources. Can they stay one step ahead of both danger and evil or is their kingdom doomed?
My Thoughts: I LOVED the sequel -it was fantastic with all the danger, plot twists, action, romance, friendship, and betrayals. 

I love the strength of the mermaids searching for the talismans and how they grow to believe in themselves. I love how the other creatures band together to give them help against all odds. 

I felt horrible for Neela and how her parents didn't believe her - but I do like how it brought into question mental health as well as taking the easy way out and not deciding anything or sticking up for your beliefs. 

I loved moments that made me gasp and there were plenty of those. I can't wait to see what happens next!!!

Cover Thoughts: Awesome
Source: ARC sent for review

Monday, November 10, 2014

Rogue Wave Contest

ROGUE WAVE
Book 2 in The Waterfire Saga
by Jennifer Donnelly
In stores January 6th


ABOUT ROGUE WAVE
In this exciting sequel to DEEP BLUE, the mermaids are on an exceedingly important and dangerous quest. Their journey is testing their skills and their friendships, forcing them to grow and take on new challenges, and will alter their lives forever.

Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled–powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis. The ancient evil that destroyed Atlantis is stirring again, and only the mermaids can defeat it. To do so, they need to find magical talismans that belonged to the Six.

Serafina believes her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. While researching its location, she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. . . . The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating.

Neela travels to Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world.  But they find her story outlandish; a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber for rest and recovery. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons.

As they hunt for their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning they didn't know they possessed. They face down danger and death, only to endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave.


MISSED THE FIRST BOOK?
ABOUT DEEP BLUE
Click Here for  my review
Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe.

When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should be winning the love of handsome Prince Mahdi. And yet Sera finds herself haunted by strange dreams that foretell the return of an ancient evil. Her dark premonitions are confirmed when an assassin’s arrow poisons Sera's mother. Now, Serafina must embark on a quest to find the assassin’s master and prevent a war between the Mer nations.

Led only by her shadowy dreams, Sera searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas. Together, they will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood and uncover a conspiracy that threatens their world’s very existence.

TAKE THE “WHICH MERMAID ARE YOU?” QUIZ

PRE-ORDER ROGUE WAVE 
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books, including Deep Blue, the first book in the Waterfire Saga. For adults she has written a trilogy of best-selling books that includes The Tea RoseThe Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose. Her first young adult novel, A Northern Light, received many accolades, among them the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz Honor. Her second young adult novel, Revolution, was named a Best Book of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal, and the audiobook received a 2011 American Library Association Odyssey Honor. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

LEARN MORE
Visit the Official Website for The Waterfire Saga
Visit the author online at www.jenniferdonnelly.com  

CONTEST:
Catch up on DEEP BLUE and prepare for your holiday parties with the Principessa colors!
Winner receives:
·         A copy of Deep Blue;
·         and custom Deep Blue and Rogue Wave nail polishes.

Prizing and samples courtesy of Disney-Hyperion
Giveaway open to US addresses only

Monday, April 7, 2014

Upcoming Review: Deep Blue



 * Book One in the Waterfire Saga *

Serafina's big day has finally arrived, but she's not sure she's ready. By the end of the day, she will have shown her court her strength as their next leader and be betrothed to Prince Mahdi. Yet that morning, she wakes late from a terrible nightmare that felt very real.

As she readies herself for the day, rumors swirl around her: about her betrothed, about herself, and about unrest in the kingdom. Sera learns that the betrothal means more to the kingdom than her feelings and she must do her duty as future ruler.

She sings her spells, creating a magical time for her people, but her moment of triumph is ruined when an arrow slices through the water and hits her mother. Now Sera realizes that her nightmare, wasn't just a nightmare. She must protect her realm at all costs, along with the powerful mermaids from her dream. Together they have the power to save the realm - if they're not captured first.
My Thoughts: I devoured this book and it's the perfect book for reading at the beach or pool side. I didn't want it to end and I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in the series (that ending!). I loved the set-up of the novel and discovering the world of Miromara - descendants from the lost city of Atlantis. The set-up ended with the attack on the queen, action and danger take over the book. Sera and her BFF Neela swam and fought for their lives - multiple times. My heart raced and I gasped as they had some very close calls. I really liked the fellow mermaids - the ones they need to help stop the evil force.  I enjoyed the people they met along the way - the ones who betrayed them and the ones who helped them. A fantastic start to this new series that deals with love, friendship, family drama, royalty, secrets, betrayals, a dark evil, and a sacred pact.

Cover Thoughts: Love it - it's perfect
Source: ARC sent for review
Release Date: May 6th
It will be a four book series.
What to read while waiting: Forgive My Fins
Forgive My Fins