Title: Of Poseidon
Author: Anna Banks
Reviewed by: Rafia
Rate: Three glass slippers
Summary from Goodreads:
Galen is
the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can
communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into
Galen — literally, ouch! — both teens sense a connection. But it will
take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be
convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the
key to his kingdom . . .
Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.
Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.
From what I heard about this
book, I expected a masterpiece. I definitely like the mermaid romance genre but
this book didn’t meet my high expectations for it. Needless to say, I was
disappointed. The concept was good and but the book fell flat. The romance was
weak, the storyline boring (gasp, yes
I used the b word in a book review), the characters were unrealistic and I just
didn’t like it in general.
The Storyline
Anna Banks is a fairly new author
and she had a good idea with the mermaid theme, but her storyline for the first
book wasn’t very strong. I felt like she spent too much time setting up the
characters and setting rather than having a conflict. To me, the main conflicts
centered around the last chapter, which I absolutely despise. I don’t know if
this was intentional but it didn’t help the story at all. I understand that setting
up a whole new world with new creatures is difficult in fantasy and only some
authors can master it, but in Of Poseidon, the author didn’t give the
reader enough explaining about the Syrena world before diving (hehe get it?)
into a problem. Honestly, I could go on forever about this but there are other
things I want to get to.
The Characters
Galen and Emma…oh where do I
start? They seem like the perfect couple, both unbelievable hot, both attracted
to each other, and just perfect characters in general. I hate perfect
characters. What are the chances of meeting a hot guy like Galen in real life
with the same personality? He’s selfless, kind, sweet, and did I mention hot?!
Galen and Emma seem unreal; it’s like they have no flaws. I like it better in
books when I can relate to the main character. This was obviously impossible in
this book. Emma is so dependent on Galen, I wanted to weep for the female
population. She swoons into his arms…swoons! That’s not even possible in the twenty-first
century.
The Romance
One of my biggest pet peeves in
paranormal/fantasy/science fiction books: the pull between two characters that
defines their relationship. What ever happened to old-fashioned, Pride and
Prejudice style, falling in love? Galen and Emma have an otherworldly “pull”
which basically explains why they are constantly drooling over each other. To
me, this just shows that the author is obviously too lazy to write out a
romance so they fake a romance with this stupid pull!
Anyways…my rant is over.
Honestly, Anna Banks managed to hit a few things that genuinely bother me in
books, which didn’t help score any points with me. If she had extended the book
and worked more on the conflict, the characters, and the romance, I would have really
liked this book. But for now, I will go back to packing for vacation and trying
to work my way through Bitterblue, which I promise to review after I
finish it! But until then, stay update for more posts and try to give Of
Poseidon a chance. Maybe you have different pet peeves in books and this might
be the book for you.
Hugs and Kisses
Rafia
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