Emma is turning into a mermaid, and when her boyfriend catches her coming out of the ocean he gets the wrong idea and beats her. Now it's a new school year and another boy has caught her eye in spite of her fear of trusting another guy and an equal fear of loving him anyway and being forced to leave him when the ocean claims her.

I couldn't put this book down. I loved that it was a realistic high school romance with family issues, former relationship issues / abuse that were portrayed realistically, a disabled brother handled with respect, but ALSO MERMAIDS. The tension was high and the romance was something I was definitely rooting for.

There were a few loose ends that I felt could have been tied up, but I'm not losing sleep over it. This book fair broke my heart.

Spoiler

The Tuck Everlasting-style ending, especially, broke my little black heart.