“I will always be here waiting for you, my love.” Well, hey, if the guy has nothing better to do. He was almost a little too sensitive for my taste. The hero, merman Dylan, is a sensitive, romantic kind of guy. On the other hand, her gusto for her new life was a little unsettling, shouldn’t she be a tad uneasy? On the one hand, there was nothing she could do about it, so not whining was refreshing. CC has only a few moments of disbelief at her new life, then accepts it. Her enthusiasm for life is obvious, but she comes across as too youthful sometimes. I started skimming on about page 15, and that’s never a good thing.ĬC is an engaging character, but sometimes she is too exuberant. She definitely gives readers a great sense of what’s going on, but she could scale back on the lavish descriptions. Her descriptions are so lavish that they border on purple. Right off the bat, I had a problem with Cast’s style of writing. As in The Little Mermaid fairy tale, CC must find true love to retain her human form. She finds shelter in a monastery while pretending to be a shipwrecked princess with no memory. As long as CC is on land, Gaea, goddess of Earth, can protect her. The goddess Gaea, Undine/CC’s mother, rescues her and gives her a human form. He nearly rapes her and sends her running.
Sarpedon, her brother (ick!!!) and fellow merman, wants to marry her. CC is left in an unfamiliar time with an unfamiliar body.ĬC faces a major threat in her new life as the mermaid princess Undine. The only catch is, the mermaid switches bodies with her. On the brink of death, CC is saved by a beautiful mermaid. Afraid of flying – despite being part of the Air Force – CC’s worst fears come true as her plane crashes into the ocean. CC chalks it up to weird coincidences and prepares to leave on her temporary assignment out of the country. Men start falling all over her as they never have before, a woman no one else can see saves her from certain death, and a stranger gives her an amber amulet. When she wakes up the next day, surprisingly not hung over, there do seem to be hints of magic around her. Drunk on champagne, she executes an impromptu goddess-summoning ceremony. Goddess of the Sea combines lavish descriptions, modern sensibilities and mythological characters for a mildly entertaining story.Ĭhristine Canady (CC), an Air Force sergeant, decides that she needs a little magic in her life as she celebrates her 25th birthday alone. It’s just too close to Chicken of the Sea. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Newlyweds, but every time I think of the title of this book, I think tuna.
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