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nicklelove's review against another edition
4.0
Read my full review at my blog. :D
First of all, I would like to thank Karen Amanda Hooper for introducing me to the wonderful world of merfolk, selkies, and other mythical creatures mentioned in the book.
The cover is pretty as mermaids go. It reminds me of that scene in the Little Mermaid where Ariel flipped her hair when she got out of the water as human. Anyway...
I had a bit of a problem with reading the ebook. Each chapter was told in the POV of either Yara, Treygan, or Rownan. While reading, the indicator would say, for example, Yara, but the continuing paragraphs are still on the previous person's POV. I guess it was messed up from the conversion from PDF to epub. Fortunately, I had common sense and used it while reading.
It took me quite a while to finish reading this because of various reasons. I wanted to finish it in a day but life keeps getting in the way. I'd say it was a rough start, it was slow paced and took a lot of pages to get to the point. But as soon as some secrets were revealed, it got interesting. I became curious about merfolk and selkies, and even sirens.
Yara was annoying. Wait, no. She's stubborn. I sometimes feel like she acts like a spoiled brat, which I guess makes her annoying at times. If she wants something, she wants it done right away. Treygan on the other hand, is a very patient merman, or is he just patient with Yara? He's also carrying a lot of burden within himself. Yara doesn't like him at first because she felt like he was responsible for what happened to her. I liked the constant bickering with between the two though. At some level I think it's cute, I found myself smiling silly while reading those parts.
I don't know how I feel about Rownan, he's not that bad but he isn't good either. He has his reasons for doing the things he did, and I think it's understandable given the circumstances. And at some point he was concerned with Yara's well-being. The other characters are likable, in my opinion, except for the other selkies like Jack.
When most the information were revealed, it made sense. I was out of the loop just as Yara was most of the time, which was a good thing, it kept me guessing where the story was headed. When I think about it, the lore and everything else, it's quite genius. Do you know how hard it is to come up with a plot that makes sense and make ends meet? At least, to me it made sense in the end. Even the references and Treygan's naiveness with human terminologies felt real.
Read my full review at my blog. :D
First of all, I would like to thank Karen Amanda Hooper for introducing me to the wonderful world of merfolk, selkies, and other mythical creatures mentioned in the book.
The cover is pretty as mermaids go. It reminds me of that scene in the Little Mermaid where Ariel flipped her hair when she got out of the water as human. Anyway...
I had a bit of a problem with reading the ebook. Each chapter was told in the POV of either Yara, Treygan, or Rownan. While reading, the indicator would say, for example, Yara, but the continuing paragraphs are still on the previous person's POV. I guess it was messed up from the conversion from PDF to epub. Fortunately, I had common sense and used it while reading.
It took me quite a while to finish reading this because of various reasons. I wanted to finish it in a day but life keeps getting in the way. I'd say it was a rough start, it was slow paced and took a lot of pages to get to the point. But as soon as some secrets were revealed, it got interesting. I became curious about merfolk and selkies, and even sirens.
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Yara was annoying. Wait, no. She's stubborn. I sometimes feel like she acts like a spoiled brat, which I guess makes her annoying at times. If she wants something, she wants it done right away. Treygan on the other hand, is a very patient merman, or is he just patient with Yara? He's also carrying a lot of burden within himself. Yara doesn't like him at first because she felt like he was responsible for what happened to her. I liked the constant bickering with between the two though. At some level I think it's cute, I found myself smiling silly while reading those parts.
I don't know how I feel about Rownan, he's not that bad but he isn't good either. He has his reasons for doing the things he did, and I think it's understandable given the circumstances. And at some point he was concerned with Yara's well-being. The other characters are likable, in my opinion, except for the other selkies like Jack.
When most the information were revealed, it made sense. I was out of the loop just as Yara was most of the time, which was a good thing, it kept me guessing where the story was headed. When I think about it, the lore and everything else, it's quite genius. Do you know how hard it is to come up with a plot that makes sense and make ends meet? At least, to me it made sense in the end. Even the references and Treygan's naiveness with human terminologies felt real.
Read my full review at my blog. :D
nextbestcoast's review against another edition
2.0
I was lucky enough to win a copy of this. I'd been looking forward to this, after hearing hype about it on various blogs, including YA Confidential.
I actually did like this book. It was an easy, quickie read. Entertaining, light, and engrossing. It wasn't one of those books that I'll read over and over again, but I did enjoy it.
I actually did like this book. It was an easy, quickie read. Entertaining, light, and engrossing. It wasn't one of those books that I'll read over and over again, but I did enjoy it.
shesnicky's review
3.0
This review is more of a 3.5 because Tangled Tides actually wasn't half bad. Although it's good that the book ended as well as it did, because now I don't have to worry about buying the next ones. ;)
robinsversion's review against another edition
Got bored, and I don’t like the way the story seems to be heading
megansendlessreads's review against another edition
4.0
Tangled Tides was a great mermaid book, and I thought it was way better than other mermaid books out there. I told the story of a girl finding out that most of her life was a lie and she has this destiny to send many people back to their homeland. First of all I loved the idea that she didn’t know what she was, yet the very first sentence in the book: “I needed to choose between the angel and the mermaid.” was such a great foreshadowing and symbolism for what was to come later in the book(pg.12). The whole plot line was great and I loved how the story turned out. This isn’t the one of the usual mermaid books where mermaids are vicious creatures that prey on humans. No, these mermaids try to stay away from humans and are just trying to get back home. Nothing about them are particularly vicious and unlikable. It’s kind of funny because in the book they call themselves “Monsters” but they do it in a way that it isn’t because they are grotesque.
Yara was a great character because she was so loving yet strong and resilient. It’s two characteristics that usually appear separate in characters. Yet the author managed to mash them together beautifully so she wasn’t either on or the other. Yara had a lot of characteristics that made her easy to like and it made it easy to get involved in her predicament. The only thing that got me was that at the beginning where Yara was learning to become a mermaid, she was really whiny and annoying. I also felt like there wasn’t and in depth look into her turmoil to excuse her whinnying. At that point in the book the emotions were really choppy and the writing felt rushed. Otherwise she was a great main character.
Treygan was a character that had a switching perspective of Yara. At the beginning he seemed to find her annoying and childish. He didn’t seem to want to deal with her and was really snippy with her. I almost got confused on whether he was a “good” guy or a “bad” guy. This was kind of confusing because at certain points in the book there were comments made that Treygan has always loved Yara, yet he didn’t seem to act like it. Sometimes what was said didn’t line up with how Treygan acted. Then as the book continued his attitude toward her softened and he grew to like her and pretty much fell in love with her.
Overall this book was pretty good and I really enjoyed reading it. If you’re the type of person that doesn’t like the evil mermaid stories than this is definitely a book for you.
Yara was a great character because she was so loving yet strong and resilient. It’s two characteristics that usually appear separate in characters. Yet the author managed to mash them together beautifully so she wasn’t either on or the other. Yara had a lot of characteristics that made her easy to like and it made it easy to get involved in her predicament. The only thing that got me was that at the beginning where Yara was learning to become a mermaid, she was really whiny and annoying. I also felt like there wasn’t and in depth look into her turmoil to excuse her whinnying. At that point in the book the emotions were really choppy and the writing felt rushed. Otherwise she was a great main character.
Treygan was a character that had a switching perspective of Yara. At the beginning he seemed to find her annoying and childish. He didn’t seem to want to deal with her and was really snippy with her. I almost got confused on whether he was a “good” guy or a “bad” guy. This was kind of confusing because at certain points in the book there were comments made that Treygan has always loved Yara, yet he didn’t seem to act like it. Sometimes what was said didn’t line up with how Treygan acted. Then as the book continued his attitude toward her softened and he grew to like her and pretty much fell in love with her.
Overall this book was pretty good and I really enjoyed reading it. If you’re the type of person that doesn’t like the evil mermaid stories than this is definitely a book for you.
casseyt's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoyed the origin tales for the different sea monsters. Some of the characters were fun. But, the protagonist had so little depth to her...it was frustrating.
bookish_satty's review against another edition
4.0
I got this book from the author, free of cost, in exchange of an honest review from my side.
Firstly I would like to thank the author for giving me this opportunity of reading and reviewing this book.
Well, as you all know that this book has mixed reviews and to be honest my thoughts are in a mixed state as well. If you ask me how was this book on a overall point of view then I would say ‘Fantastic’ but I didn’t like the pace at all. The first half of the book was very slow moving and so it was pretty boring but after 2/3th of the first half the story picked up a good pace and the readers got to enjoy the story full time.
There is no doubt that this is the best Mermaid book that I have ever read. The concept is great and the mystery starts to grip you from the very first when the main lead Yara all of a sudden changes to a mermaid.
The action scenes are awesome and the ‘oh so passionate’ romance won my heart. According to my opinion the characters are great and developed and my personal favourite is Treygan, he is witty yet so caring!!! Rowan’s character seemed to be mysterious as well. The different fantasy characters that we got to read about in this story made it an intriguing read.
If you wanna enjoy a read that’s something different than the same old romance novels then I would suggest this book which will capture your heart in one go but be patient for the first half as all the surprises and twists are laced through the second half of this story. Enjoy reading folks!!!
Firstly I would like to thank the author for giving me this opportunity of reading and reviewing this book.
Well, as you all know that this book has mixed reviews and to be honest my thoughts are in a mixed state as well. If you ask me how was this book on a overall point of view then I would say ‘Fantastic’ but I didn’t like the pace at all. The first half of the book was very slow moving and so it was pretty boring but after 2/3th of the first half the story picked up a good pace and the readers got to enjoy the story full time.
There is no doubt that this is the best Mermaid book that I have ever read. The concept is great and the mystery starts to grip you from the very first when the main lead Yara all of a sudden changes to a mermaid.
The action scenes are awesome and the ‘oh so passionate’ romance won my heart. According to my opinion the characters are great and developed and my personal favourite is Treygan, he is witty yet so caring!!! Rowan’s character seemed to be mysterious as well. The different fantasy characters that we got to read about in this story made it an intriguing read.
If you wanna enjoy a read that’s something different than the same old romance novels then I would suggest this book which will capture your heart in one go but be patient for the first half as all the surprises and twists are laced through the second half of this story. Enjoy reading folks!!!
honeyroastedarden's review against another edition
4.0
I'll admit it, I've always had a thing for fantasy. I love getting lost in myths and legends and this is an exceptional example of everything I love. The world Hooper creates is beautiful and vibrant, the hours lost in it were not wasted. My only complaint is that some of my favorite characters, such as the wonderfully sassy Pango, are a bit one dimensional. I would have loved to see more, but most of these complaints are about background characters. It's well worth a read, especially of you're like me and love epic journeys and strong heroines.