Hey, It Was Free!: "Misc. Monday": The Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble

Monday, February 2, 2015

"Misc. Monday": The Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble

Genre: Historical Romance, Fairy Tales, Folklore & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, 237 pages

Price: $4.99 ebook, $9.18 paperback (at time of post)

Publisher & Date: March 1, 2015

Book Link: Click Here

Listed Rating:

Price I Paid: Zip, Due to Amazon Prime subscription.

My Rating:

My Thoughts: To Wish or Not Wish?

This book was such an interesting very imaginative story that was wonderful to read from beginning to end. I am extremely close to my sister, so I must admit that is one thing that drew me to this book. Another was just the premise, the girls turn 16 and her sister begins turning into a mermaid?! (okay not exactly the plot but close) So I thought let's try this one out. Immediately when reading this book I felt like I was reading a Tolkien-ish kind of journey with Wizard of Oz type fantasy meets Peter Pan like adventure and mischief type stories meshed into one book for Y.A. So if you like stories with mermaids, spells, potions, faeries, dragons, circus, and wishes, Oh and maybe a HEA, you should pick this book.

The heroine of the story is 16 yrs old when first introduced, her name is Clara. She lives with her Auntie Verity and sister Maren in the Llanfair Mountains of Pennsylvania in 1870. However, you are quickly told that Clara and Maren were brought to their Auntie in strange ways. Auntie Verity is half Fairy and an apothecary master, but was alone for a time until she was mysteriously delivered a huge conch shell, which held Maren, and a stork carried Clara to her a little later. Maren obviously being from the sea, never really seemed to be an issue for the family till the girls 16th birthday (darn that puberty) then Maren begins to show her true nature, which is a mermaid and starts changing daily little by little. Poor Clara is left with this problem of wishing nothing more than to help her sister be well and have what she wants, which is to be of the sea, but to do that means Clara will not get her wish, which is to always have her sister with her.

Overall, I loved this book and I'm sooo sharing this with my sister. It's clean refreshing and unique which are rare traits for a lot of Y.A. books. Plus the world it's set in but not really set in makes it all magical and I just really like the fairy tale aspect not being written in a cheesy Disney princess way but in a more semi-real sojourner kind of way. I must say I will definitely read more from this author in the future, especially if she does more from this unique world she has created.

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My Rating Scale:

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*Beyond unbearable, DNF book and I always aim to finish all books. Will be deleting book from my elibrary, not worth being on the market.

*Do not get this book, author needs to keep their day job. Would regret this purchase if I had paid for it. Thanking God it was free, but realizing why it was free.

*Book needs help, there could be something to salvage, but waaay too much needs fixing. Definitely happy I got it for free would have asked for refund if I had bought it.

*Storyline or concept is worth while, but author needs plot guidance and spellcheck. Might rent book if bored, but would not buy it if given the option.

*Simple read not wowed by the story, but not complaining too much. Most likely to rent or wait till it's free before buying, due to there being too many issues with grammar, POV perspective or plot and character development to rate higher.

*Good read but plot needed something more or to make it really stand out as one of the best. Might buy the book, on-sale, and will recommend, but may not ever re-read it.

*Absolutely amazing! Great book worth buying with no regrets! If it's a series will buy up all the books too. Definitely the apex of all books with great plot, characters, and message.