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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
rating romance is difficult for me. they aren't literary and they're not meant to be. so, i try to think of them on a separate scale. like if you gave the same test to a third-grader and a sixth-grader, you'd have to skew the grading curve in consideration of their academic differences. with that in mind, i still can't rate this book very high. i won't sit here and pretend i rarely read romance novels- sure i do. and some of them are pretty entertaining. this book, i felt, was a bit of a mess. lonely, lackluster CC casts an intoxicated spell to bring magic into her life. then, as she's flying to the base where she's serving (as an air force sergeant), the plane goes down. she sinks into the water, about to drown, when she's saved by a mermaid. she and the mermaid switch bodies, yadda yadda yadda, and then it turns out that the switch jettisons CC through time to the year 1014. naturally. only, within minutes of being a mermaid, she gets spooked by an attempted mer-rape and asks to be made human by Gaia. Now she's human again, but in the mermaid's body, and has to deal with life as a woman in the dark ages. of course, it sucks because all men in the dark ages are unrelenting chauvinists who almost immediately condemn her as a witch. you know, that's just how things work. she needs to find true love to stay human and avoid her would-be mer-rapist. until such time, she must revert to her mermaid form once every three nights because... well, because she couldn't otherwise fall in love with the kind merman. mer-sex (and mer/human-sex) ensues, divine interventions are aplenty, girl power, blah blah blah.
a lot of that business seemed completely unnecessary to me. why frame the novel in the mundane present day? or have the body swap at all? you never get to know what happens to the mermaid who takes on CC's form, so what's the point? why not make CC a mermaid from the very start? meh. then there's an issue of how the author very quickly and quite often shifts perspective. you've got dylan (the mer-lover) and CC in a room, and one paragraph explains things from CC's POV, then the next paragraph is Dylan, etc etc. just pick one and stick with it. or divide it by chapters, not paragraph to paragraph. and one more thing- i am sick and tired of some of these tropes. the irresistible woman, desired by every man. the attempted rapes, the oppressive male, chauvinistic society. it seems to me this book shifted eras only to create an easy and obvious chauvinism for CC to rail against. cliiiiche.
needless to say, not a favorite within the genre, though it doesn't commit any crimes more heinous than many of its peers.
a lot of that business seemed completely unnecessary to me. why frame the novel in the mundane present day? or have the body swap at all? you never get to know what happens to the mermaid who takes on CC's form, so what's the point? why not make CC a mermaid from the very start? meh. then there's an issue of how the author very quickly and quite often shifts perspective. you've got dylan (the mer-lover) and CC in a room, and one paragraph explains things from CC's POV, then the next paragraph is Dylan, etc etc. just pick one and stick with it. or divide it by chapters, not paragraph to paragraph. and one more thing- i am sick and tired of some of these tropes. the irresistible woman, desired by every man. the attempted rapes, the oppressive male, chauvinistic society. it seems to me this book shifted eras only to create an easy and obvious chauvinism for CC to rail against. cliiiiche.
needless to say, not a favorite within the genre, though it doesn't commit any crimes more heinous than many of its peers.
This is the second time I am reading this book and I came away as unimpressed as the time I first read it. It is a shame because I rather liked the Goddess Summoning series as a whole.
As far as the romance goes, Christine and Dylan's relationship left me cold. There was a lack of chemistry in their interactions. That the sinister plot in the story was more interesting than the romance between the two lead characters is a sad testament to how much this romance book has failed in its primary goal.
Throughout the book, there are liberal doses of female empowerment concepts with sprinklings of the Wicca influences. The usage of these concepts came across as contrived and fairly ridiculous. Without spoiling the story, I found it hilarious the way the heroine bonded with the women from the medieval age. The whole concept that the power of the "Sisterhood" can transcend cultural differences so easily and that they can believe her story without casting her out as a demon worshipper or crazy person had me rolling my eyes in more than a few places in the story.
That being said, this book is an interesting mix of mythology and modern day romance.
As far as the romance goes, Christine and Dylan's relationship left me cold. There was a lack of chemistry in their interactions. That the sinister plot in the story was more interesting than the romance between the two lead characters is a sad testament to how much this romance book has failed in its primary goal.
Throughout the book, there are liberal doses of female empowerment concepts with sprinklings of the Wicca influences. The usage of these concepts came across as contrived and fairly ridiculous. Without spoiling the story, I found it hilarious the way the heroine bonded with the women from the medieval age. The whole concept that the power of the "Sisterhood" can transcend cultural differences so easily and that they can believe her story without casting her out as a demon worshipper or crazy person had me rolling my eyes in more than a few places in the story.
That being said, this book is an interesting mix of mythology and modern day romance.
Şuanki duygularımı anlatamam size...ağlasam mı, gúlsem mi, sinir krizi mi gecirsem bilemedim...
Bu nasıl bir sondur bóyle? Ama o son sahnelerde adamın biri 'olamaz, bu adam - sean- yaşıyor' dediğinde tahmin etmiştim...okuyan bilir, merak eden okur °°)
neyse siz bu kız neyden bahsediyor demeden yoruma geçeyim...
ama óncelikle bayanlar baylar, en yakınınızda ne varsa tehlikeli madde olarak (tava,oklava,merdane vs.) elinize alın...
Zira dóvecek adam çok..(órn. sperdon, rahip william, azıcıkta andras..ama azıcık)
kitaba başlayanlar benim gibi şaşirmasın...olaylar gúnúmúzde başlasada baş karakter kızımız CC'nin 1014 olması lazım, hava kuvvetlerinde çalışan ve bir deniz kazası sonucu o yıllarda -1014- yaşayan, mitolojik varlık olan deniz kızı prenses Undine ile beden değiştirmesiyle asıl olaylar başlıyor...
ilk başlarda neyle karşılaşacağımı bilmesemde, mitolijik ógelerle súslenmiş olan seri oldukça başarılı ve farklıydı.hikayeyi, kahramanları, olayları sevdim...tavsiye edebileceğim gúzel fantastik bir seri °°)
CC'nin sapık olarak nitelendireceğim Sperdon'dan kaçma girişimlari..Dylan ile olan ilişkileri...çok güzel anlatılmıştı...en kısa zamanda bi göz atmanızı öneririm:)
Bu nasıl bir sondur bóyle? Ama o son sahnelerde adamın biri 'olamaz, bu adam - sean- yaşıyor' dediğinde tahmin etmiştim...okuyan bilir, merak eden okur °°)
neyse siz bu kız neyden bahsediyor demeden yoruma geçeyim...
ama óncelikle bayanlar baylar, en yakınınızda ne varsa tehlikeli madde olarak (tava,oklava,merdane vs.) elinize alın...
Zira dóvecek adam çok..(órn. sperdon, rahip william, azıcıkta andras..ama azıcık)
kitaba başlayanlar benim gibi şaşirmasın...olaylar gúnúmúzde başlasada baş karakter kızımız CC'nin 1014 olması lazım, hava kuvvetlerinde çalışan ve bir deniz kazası sonucu o yıllarda -1014- yaşayan, mitolojik varlık olan deniz kızı prenses Undine ile beden değiştirmesiyle asıl olaylar başlıyor...
ilk başlarda neyle karşılaşacağımı bilmesemde, mitolijik ógelerle súslenmiş olan seri oldukça başarılı ve farklıydı.hikayeyi, kahramanları, olayları sevdim...tavsiye edebileceğim gúzel fantastik bir seri °°)
CC'nin sapık olarak nitelendireceğim Sperdon'dan kaçma girişimlari..Dylan ile olan ilişkileri...çok güzel anlatılmıştı...en kısa zamanda bi göz atmanızı öneririm:)
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This should have been right up my alley, but instead I just found both the main character and the execution of the plot incredibly annoying, with somewhat disturbing scenes sprinkled in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Death
A sexy Twist on stories you already know. I love myth and everything these books represent. Strong Women, the ability to change, courage, and true love. A mermaid story with a plot you never saw coming. This time the man gives up himself for the woman he loves.
Honestly this was probably a 3.5 ⭐️ book for the story. If I have to round however the narrator for the audiobook and some of the writing brought it down to a 3. I am kind of interested in listening to some of the other books in the series… but the one I have currently is the same narrator so I’m not sure how I feel about it!
It was good and an enjoyable light read. Interesting take on mermaids, Gaia, and Lir. I liked CC and Dylan but it also would have been nice to see how Undine was handling the modern human world.