Fishy Reads!

Fishy Reads! 

Okay, so I promised some mermaid tales this week! We have already reviewed some mermaid shenanigans, but here's a few more to flip your fins to!

These three books are a selection of different tastes. From mature content, teenage lurrrrve, and belly laughing fun, they've all be chosen to suit certain readers. For anyone looking for recommendations, just keep an open mind with these three. They're all different, but all about love, mermaids and of course, those damn amazing heroines! 

My Mermaid Reading List: 

Goddess of the Sea, by P.C Cast. 

Paitkus Cover

On the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, alone in her apartment, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady wished for one thing: a little magic in her life. After drinking way too much champagne, she performed, of all crazy things, a goddess-summoning ritual, hoping that it would somehow make her life a little less ordinary...but she never believed the spell would actually work.

When her military plane crashes into the ocean, CC's mission overseas takes an unexpected turn. She awakens to find herself in a legendary time and place where magic rules the land—occupying the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But there is danger in the waters and the goddess Gaea turns this modern, military gal into a beautiful damsel so that she can seek shelter on land.

CC is soon rescued (literally) by a knight in shining armor. She should be falling in love with this dream-come-true, but instead she aches for the sea and Dylan, the sexy merman who has stolen her heart.

Rating: Mature for content, whole lotta flapping around in the water, annoying knights, sly monks. 

                                                                       

Of Poseidon, (The Syrena Legacy #1) by Anna Banks.

Square Fish, 2013

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom...

Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.     

Rating: T for Tweeny love, cute mer-boys, fun and engaging characters, no-fuss reading!

Sleeping with the Fishes, (Fred the Mermaid, #1), by Mary Janice Davidson. 

Paitkus Books, 2011. 

Fred is not your ordinary mermaid. She's not blonde. She's not buxom. And she's definitely not perky. In fact, Fred can be downright cranky. And it doesn't help matters that her hair is blue. While volunteering at the New England Aquarium, Fred learns that there are weird levels of toxins in the local seawater. A gorgeous marine biologist wants her help investigating. So does her merperson ruler, the High Prince of the Black Sea. You'd think it would be easy for a mermaid to get to the bottom of things. Think again. 

Rating: M for language, chic-lit, Witty and lovable characters, chortling belly laugh read, all about da mermaids, love triangle (but actually a good one!) 

Mer Out! 

Mermaid Week!

This week is Mermaid Week on the Confessions site! 

"A Race with Mermaids and Tritons" - Collier Smithers, 1895

I mean, who doesn't like mermaids? Seriously, if some sea-witch (who may or may not have been part of a Disney franchise) came up to you and said, "I'll make you a mermaid for day... if you give me your voice!" would you not immediately accept? I sure as hell would. And then I would also star in my own animation and sing with all the little sea creatures and....okay, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Let's think of the perks of being a mermaid or mer-person:

1) You can breathe under water!

2) Your fingers will not go soggy after being in the bath for ten minutes.

3) You can probably communicate with sea creatures and possibly get a job as a private, underwater detective and help out finding lost clownfish. 

4) You can chill on land if you want to. You might have to make a pact with some dastardly, sassy villain but, hey, you might just stumble across a charming human who may or may not live in a castle. 

5) Imagine the money you would save on transport! Those fins can take you anywhere you wanna go - the world is your oyster!

6) You'll obviously get a kick ass education - singing, life lessons and probably some self-defense thrown in there when a rowdy shark has snacked on one to many seals... 

7) You won't need to worry about snacking on that kale too much! Mer-people by nature don't wear any trousers... so no worrying about that damn pesky top button nonsense. Let those fins all hang out!

8) One word. Hair. Unrealistic hair expectations are a thing of the past. As a mermaid you're biologically programmed to have amazing hair. Science. 

9) Bras are a thing of the past. No one cares under the sea if you let those girls roam free or if you collect that coupon and get a free clam bra! The possibilities are endless. 

10) As a supernatural being, you have special abilities. One notable power - luring men to their deaths. Set the scene: you're just chilling in the ocean, waiting for the boyfriend to show up. You get a text on your clam phone - "Sorry bae, can't make it. Just bought the new FIFA." A simple hum of the tune and he's in the water by your side, it's up to you what happens next! Guess he didn't get the memo about your dark side! Oops. 

So this week, I'm dedicating this blog to all you beautiful sirens, selkies and of course, mers out there! If you have any specific book you want me to blog about, give me a heads up in the comments and I'll do my best! If not, I'm gonna be flagging up some of my favourite mermaid stories so please keep tuning in :)

"The Fisherman and the Siren" - Lord Frederick Leighton, 1858

Mer out!