Of Poseidon

Anna Banks

Mai 2012 · The Syrena Legacy Buch 1 · Verkauft von Feiwel & Friends

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Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. It's while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen's not fully convinced that Emma's the one he's been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter with a shark proves that Emma and her Gift may be the only thing that can save his kingdom. He needs her help--no matter what the risk.

Bewertungen und Rezensionen

The opening is too abruptly eventful for my personal taste, Mini Spoiler: *** Sharks are pushed into their overly used stereotypical killer role. *** Generally I enjoyed how the book is written from changing perspectives of Galen and Emma. I had a hard time connecting/relating with the characters though, especially initially. Galen, the main male protagonist, imo doesn't show enough empathy towards Emma in the first chapters, the main female protagonist. Afterwards I feel like he is just too undecisive, taking into account the dilemma he is confronted with. Sometimes it felt like more of a burden to read through all this headache-thinking, I have enough of this IRL already. The romance aspect of this story is too much hot-cold, back and forth, even two thirds in it doesn't get spicy at all (I could say that the whole book isn't the most sultry narrative). I feel like too much work and time is put into establishing this fantasy setting and explaining the ins and outs of this mermaid species, in comparison to the changing relationships between the characters. The whole book feels basically like a set-up for the series with world-building continuing to take a major role throughout the entire book. Rules, lore and culture of the mermaids drive the narrative more actively then the participating characters, I just wished there was more space for the two main characters and their personalities to play out against each other - in a less forced way, because of internal struggles, e.g. "because fish laws". The very last chapters has a high payback and an a nice cliffhanger (at least there's a sneak peek of the following book to alleviate ones curiosity and lets you form a better opinion to if you want to read the successor). I bet the continuation of the series has much potential, as it can build on the setup and evolve into a much enjoyable experience, but as a standalone book it's not concluded and concise enough. Towards the end I came to like most characters and came to terms with the partly dubious rational explanations for one of the surprises. Over all there were plenty of enjoyable developments to read through, still, it couldn't convince me to invest more time into the series.

Autoren-Profil

Anna Banks grew up in a small town called Niceville (yes, really). She now lives in Crestview, Florida, with her husband and their daughter. This is her debut novel.