Disclaimer: I received this book from Instafreebie from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 4/5

Publication Date: September 18, 2014

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: 16+ (romance, violence, gore)

Pages: 376

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Synopsis: A mermaid's supernatural beauty serves one purpose: to lure a sailor to his death.

The Massacre is supposed to bring peace to Eriana Kwai. Every year, the island sends its warriors to battle these hostile sea demons. Every year, the warriors fail to return. Desperate for survival, the island must decide on a new strategy. Now, the fate of Eriana Kwai lies in the hands of twenty battle-trained girls and their resistance to a mermaid's allure.

Eighteen-year-old Meela has already lost her brother to the Massacre, and she has lived with a secret that's haunted her since childhood. For any hope of survival, she must overcome the demons of her past and become a ruthless mermaid killer.

For the first time, Eriana Kwai's Massacre warriors are female, and Meela must fight for her people's freedom on the Pacific Ocean's deadliest battleground.

First of all I have to say this was the first lesbian mermaid romance I’ve ever read and it was good! So obviously this has some LGBT+ representation and I really enjoyed the story. I felt that the character development and world building were really well done. The plot was intense and it matched the tone of the novel perfectly. War was depicted so realistically in this novel and I felt that this could be a series I could get into.

However, I did feel that there were some issues with the pacing. The novel sometimes grinded to a complete halt and sometimes it ran away with the plot. There wasn’t really any happy medium.

Verdict: Mermaids have pride too!