Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy #1)
by Anna Banks
Page Count: 324 pages
My Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsis:
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.
Review
This was my first mermaid book so I might get a little carried away because of my excitement!
I really enjoyed reading Of Poseidon. I found the characters quite enjoyable and funny and the plot was easy and interesting to follow.
Emma (one of our main characters) isn't aware of her gift and she makes it hard for Galen (2nd main character & love interest) to understand if she's like him and his sister.
Basically, Galen is Syrena (since they don't like to be called mermaids) and they live underwater (OBVIOUS).
Emma, without knowing it, is very important for the Syrena race and possibly holds the key for the establishment of peace between the two underwater kingdoms: Of Poseidon & Of Triton.
I found the concept of the two kingdoms very interesting; especially, the fact that there are so many of them and that some of the Syrena decide to live outside the water/sea. That part was well-explained.
In terms of characters, Emma presented some mood-swings at times but since I've come across people with the same attitude, I think I found her rather realistic.
The part when she gets mad at Galen for something (I don't want to spoil it) was a little bit too much but that didn't detract from the book.
Galen was a very interesting character as well. I found hilarious the parts where he was attempting to go to school! These were probably my favorite ones! I also liked his sense of responsibility and the way he always put his people above everything else. That made me like him even more.
About the love aspect; I enjoyed the "love story" in this book. From what I was reading I was afraid that we were going to have a love triangle from the first book and I was screaming "no" internally.
by Anna Banks
My Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsis:
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.
Review
This was my first mermaid book so I might get a little carried away because of my excitement!
I really enjoyed reading Of Poseidon. I found the characters quite enjoyable and funny and the plot was easy and interesting to follow.
Emma (one of our main characters) isn't aware of her gift and she makes it hard for Galen (2nd main character & love interest) to understand if she's like him and his sister.
Basically, Galen is Syrena (since they don't like to be called mermaids) and they live underwater (
Emma, without knowing it, is very important for the Syrena race and possibly holds the key for the establishment of peace between the two underwater kingdoms: Of Poseidon & Of Triton.
I found the concept of the two kingdoms very interesting; especially, the fact that there are so many of them and that some of the Syrena decide to live outside the water/sea. That part was well-explained.
In terms of characters, Emma presented some mood-swings at times but since I've come across people with the same attitude, I think I found her rather realistic.
The part when she gets mad at Galen for something (I don't want to spoil it) was a little bit too much but that didn't detract from the book.
Galen was a very interesting character as well. I found hilarious the parts where he was attempting to go to school! These were probably my favorite ones! I also liked his sense of responsibility and the way he always put his people above everything else. That made me like him even more.
About the love aspect; I enjoyed the "love story" in this book. From what I was reading I was afraid that we were going to have a love triangle from the first book and I was screaming "no" internally.
I believe that a love triangle with the characters presented to us in this book would have been pointless. So I'm glad that we sticked to the basic ones. Galen is a great love interest and I enjoyed reading from his POV as well. Although the constant change between the 1st-person and 3rd-person sort of got be confused but I got over it soon.
Also, I really liked Toraf as a character. He was awesome! He was funny and he added something fresh to the story. Good job Toraf, you're already in my favorites list! ;)
And his way of trying to make Galen's sister admit that she likes him was HILARIOUS. I loved the parts of the book when we got to see him! I wish there was more of him! *fangirling*
Overall, I really liked this book! I will, for sure, read the next ones and complete this trilogy!!
For a first mermaid book that went pretty well. I'm excited!!
Thanks for reading my review!!
See you soon,
~Christiana.
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