Hello again everyone! How was your weekend? Mine was of course filled with writing, lots and lots of writing. I am determined to meet my 50,000-word goal. After NaNoWriMo, I would like to write an additional 30,000 at least. Then I will begin my first round of edits. I am really looking forward to this novel. The more I write, the more I fall in love with it.
Now onto the good part, yet another book from my Goodreads to read shelf…which is always growing larger with each Goodreads Monday post that I read. I am serious, every Monday my TBR list grows by about 5 books. Why are there so many great books and so little reading time?
The Mermaid’s Sister 
Author: Carrie Anne Noble
Published: March 1st, 2015
Publisher: Skyscape
Book Length: 236 Pages
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
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In a cottage high atop Llanfair Mountain, sixteen-year-old Clara lives with her sister, Maren, and guardian, Auntie. By day, they gather herbs for Auntie’s healing potions; by night, Auntie spins tales of faraway lands and wicked fairies. Clara’s favorite story tells of three orphan infants—Clara, who was brought to Auntie by a stork; Maren, who arrived in a seashell; and their best friend, O’Neill, who was found beneath an apple tree.
One day, Clara discovers shimmering scales just beneath her sister’s skin: Maren is becoming a mermaid and must be taken to the sea or she will die. So Clara, O’Neill, and the mermaid-girl set out for the shore. But the trio encounters trouble around every bend. Ensnared by an evil troupe of traveling performers, Clara and O’Neill must find a way to save themselves and the ever-weakening Maren.
And always in the back of her mind, Clara wonders, if my sister is a mermaid, then what am I?
I knew I wanted to read this as soon as I read the blurb. I really like that this is a story from the mermaid’s sister’s perspective rather than the mermaid herself. This is a nice change to what I typically see in stories such as this one. How cool would it be though to have a sister who was a mermaid? I don’t think I would enjoy the “get her to the ocean before she dies but there will be danger every step of the way” thing though. I am hooked and need to know what dangers they encounter.
this a book that you might enjoy if you have not read it? Have you heard of this novel before now? If you have read it feel free to link your review below, I would love to see what you thought. What would you do if you discovered your sister was a mermaid? What are some books on your Goodreads to-read list? Do you find yourself adding many more to your TBR list on Goodreads Monday?
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