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A review by ashesmann
Revel by Maurissa Guibord
4.0
Some aspects are just so cliche. Gorgeous girl with powers she wasn't aware of, town between two boys from both worlds. Just what will she do?
Still...
Something about it was unique enough and fresh enough that I really enjoyed it.
Delia just lost her mother a few months ago. With no family left she makes her way to the island her mother was from, and where her grandmother still lives. Turns out, nobody is to just show up on the island and she gets a rude welcome. Things seem strange on the island from the very beginning.
Turns out, sea people descended from Poseidon live in the waters around the island and basically tell the islanders what they can and can't do. They go along with it because there are a few benefits, like good catches for the fishermen and great weather.
Audrey thinks she is simply the decedent of people who live on the island, but the longer she's there the more clear it becomes her father is actually from the sea, and that among the changes her body makes, she's actually a siren, one of the most powerful of them.
In the end she's broken a curse on the island, she's changed relations between the two peoples so that the islanders aren't forced into a kind of subjection anymore, and is with her fishy man Jax.
As far as the love triangle goes, it's not much of one. Sean exists, and Audrey entertains the idea of being with him a few times, but always admits she is drawn to Jax. Sean is the handsome island boy, Jax is a surly scarred up water man.
I really liked that this is a stand alone. I wish more authors would do this. If you have a good idea, write one book. If there's more story to tell, write another. Enough with the endless trilogies about nothing.
Still...
Something about it was unique enough and fresh enough that I really enjoyed it.
Delia just lost her mother a few months ago. With no family left she makes her way to the island her mother was from, and where her grandmother still lives. Turns out, nobody is to just show up on the island and she gets a rude welcome. Things seem strange on the island from the very beginning.
Turns out, sea people descended from Poseidon live in the waters around the island and basically tell the islanders what they can and can't do. They go along with it because there are a few benefits, like good catches for the fishermen and great weather.
Audrey thinks she is simply the decedent of people who live on the island, but the longer she's there the more clear it becomes her father is actually from the sea, and that among the changes her body makes, she's actually a siren, one of the most powerful of them.
In the end she's broken a curse on the island, she's changed relations between the two peoples so that the islanders aren't forced into a kind of subjection anymore, and is with her fishy man Jax.
As far as the love triangle goes, it's not much of one. Sean exists, and Audrey entertains the idea of being with him a few times, but always admits she is drawn to Jax. Sean is the handsome island boy, Jax is a surly scarred up water man.
I really liked that this is a stand alone. I wish more authors would do this. If you have a good idea, write one book. If there's more story to tell, write another. Enough with the endless trilogies about nothing.