elizlizabeth's Reviews (242)

Having the time of my life reading about Blue and the boys. This one's a bit more Ronan centered (as a friend of mine lovingly pointed out), and I loved it because as a Capricorn I obviously have a penchant for showy, snarky and emotionally damaged boys so 10/10 no comments.

Whew the girlies weren't lying, this did a number on my brain synapses.

It's definitely a product of its time... 
I zoned out a bit on the last third because I didn't care for the main characters anymore but I wanted to know what happened to Dylan.

Alossa's behavior throghout was so rank and I hated that we were only allowed to feel pain or anger or any emotion if she was feeling it. Lots of things happen only as shock factor or to justify Alossa's decisions so at one point it I stopped wondering about the plot and just let myself carry forward because clearly there is only one captain to this ship and it's the author. Some research into sailing was made, but I wish the author had researched more into pirates and their war strategies in a book this heavy with action. 
In the first book it's not that obvious too but I don't like the way this series portrays men as evil and dangerous and the language, plus some of the gendered mechanics of mermaids rubs me the wrong way.

There's a book hidden in here that I would really like to read. The prompts are good, but I feel at one point the author tried to add every trope and quirky quirk and it made the story very scattered and superficial.

Such a treat to read! Very witty and so relatable even hundreds of years later. Incredibly glad that I decided to finally pick it up.

Cute little story about family, first loves, and deception :)
It's not dark at all despite dealing with hard topics but some of the conflicts seemed to be there just to push the plot forward as they got resolved incredibly quick and easy despite the big-stakes set up.

Great book! I couldn't stop reading but also didn't want it to be over. My only criticism is that the last part felt a bit anticlimactic after all that happened, but I guess Atwood was also trying to drive a point there about society and such so I'll take it.