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A review by megansendlessreads
Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
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.