I hated everything about this book. Even the fact that it included mermaids. Surely not, I can hear you saying. You adore mermaids.

This is true. But even that could not rise my opinion of this book to anything above pure contempt.

So Lily, who has been relatively stable for two books (other than the fact that she is dating a literal murderer and has never once discussed this with said murderer/boyfriend as if pretending it didn't happen makes him psychologically sound) starts wearing a magic necklace that gives her scary dreams that cause murderer/boyfriend to say "hmm perhaps this is not safe" and she says NO! NOT ONLY IS THIS THE BEST IDEA EVER, I AM ALSO BREAKING UP WITH YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANY WAY TO GET YOU TO GO FIND YOUR BIRTH PARENTS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BIRTH PARENTS, BUT ANNE GREENWOOD BROWN HAS NO IDEAS SO THIS IS THE WHOLE PLOT OF THE NOVEL NOW GO FORTH AND BE MISERABLE WITH A CREEPY DEATHWISH CANADIAN GIRL AND DON'T TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE OUT WITH HER AND WHILE YOU ARE GONE I WILL TRY NOT TO KILL MY MOTHER JUST KIDDING I AM GOING TO DEFINITELY TRY TO KILL MY OWN MOTHER"

Also something about a mermaid baby and families are terrible unless you are Calder White and then you MUST FIND YOUR BIRTH PARENTS because apparently adopted children are not allowed to be happy in their adopted homes in young adult novels. Even ones about murderous mermaids.

Would recommend to masochists who cannot dnf mermaid novels.