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A review by astraeal
Surface Tension by Valentine Wheeler
4.0
After reading this book I have two main thoughts:
1) We need way more f/f mermaids stories
2) I wanna go on an adventure at sea!!
This story was really a delight to read, beginning with Sarai, our main character, falling off a ship during a storm and landing on land, realizing later she lost a few days memories. I wasn't that interested in the beginning when she was on land, maybe because she was still lost about what happened and what to do now, even though I really like seeing her relationship with her cousin Gretchen.
And then Sarai went back to the beach, into the sea, and was abducted by Ydri, a mermaid who studies how humans work. There we get some answers and Sarai reluctantly agrees to stay and answer Ydri's questions.
The real story began there for me, reading Sarai and Ydri getting to know each other. I absolutely loved every description of the merpeople and everything about this world, it seemed so magical, at some point I really thought I was under the sea.
I think the descriptions were my favorite part of this book, but Sarai and Ydri's developing relationship were a close second, along with some supportive characters like Gretchen, or Irene and Nicholas we meet later in the story. I kind of wish it was longer though, it would have been so good to read about these characters and their adventures!
I received this book from Netgalley and NineStar Press in exchange for an honest review.
1) We need way more f/f mermaids stories
2) I wanna go on an adventure at sea!!
This story was really a delight to read, beginning with Sarai, our main character, falling off a ship during a storm and landing on land, realizing later she lost a few days memories. I wasn't that interested in the beginning when she was on land, maybe because she was still lost about what happened and what to do now, even though I really like seeing her relationship with her cousin Gretchen.
And then Sarai went back to the beach, into the sea, and was abducted by Ydri, a mermaid who studies how humans work. There we get some answers and Sarai reluctantly agrees to stay and answer Ydri's questions.
The real story began there for me, reading Sarai and Ydri getting to know each other. I absolutely loved every description of the merpeople and everything about this world, it seemed so magical, at some point I really thought I was under the sea.
I think the descriptions were my favorite part of this book, but Sarai and Ydri's developing relationship were a close second, along with some supportive characters like Gretchen, or Irene and Nicholas we meet later in the story. I kind of wish it was longer though, it would have been so good to read about these characters and their adventures!
I received this book from Netgalley and NineStar Press in exchange for an honest review.