Of Triton (The Syrena Legacy #2)
by Anna Banks
Page Count: 246 pages
My rating: 5/5 stars
(Disclaimer: Since this is the second book in the trilogy there might be some spoilers about the first one in this review. Also, a synopsis follows so beware of spoilers there about this book).
Synopsis:
Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena law states that all Half-Breeds should be put to death.
As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance among the Syrena turns the two kingdoms—Poseidon and Triton—against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen’s request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself—and her Gift—to save a people she’s never known?
Review:
There are various reasons why I liked this book a bit more from the first one. The main one is that we saw some characters that weren't developed much in Of Poseidon develop in this one.
Rayna is one of them. Rayna really stood out for me here. We learn many new things about her and the idea of her being spoiled since she's Royal changes at some extent. At least I thought her role was significant.
I also liked Emma in this book. At the end of the first chapter, when we realise what has happened after the encounter in Of Poseidon, I wasn't sure how she was going to cope with that. And she had me confused at certain points of this book because her thought process changed several times. For a second she had me thinking that things are going to get ugly between her and Galen.
Now Galen was, is and probably will be awesome. I adore the guy. He is always so protective of Emma and of his sister of course that I was literally saying "aww" every time he did something cute.
I felt really bad for him at a certain point and those of you that have read this book know exactly to what I'm referring.
The way Emma's mother went back to her old self and started acting more fish-like was funny at some points. Especially in the part with Paca. I was like "you go girl! go get your man".
Not really a spoiler, everyone was expecting that! I really enjoyed that.
I also found King Antonis quite funny at some parts of the book. I believe we all understand how both Nalia and Emma got to be such kick-ass characters!
Oh oh, Emma was so kick-ass in this book! I loved loved loved the way she decided to take control of some things and show everyone what she is capable of doing!
by Anna Banks
Page Count: 246 pages
My rating: 5/5 stars
(Disclaimer: Since this is the second book in the trilogy there might be some spoilers about the first one in this review. Also, a synopsis follows so beware of spoilers there about this book).
Synopsis:
Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena law states that all Half-Breeds should be put to death.
As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance among the Syrena turns the two kingdoms—Poseidon and Triton—against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen’s request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself—and her Gift—to save a people she’s never known?
Review:
There are various reasons why I liked this book a bit more from the first one. The main one is that we saw some characters that weren't developed much in Of Poseidon develop in this one.
Rayna is one of them. Rayna really stood out for me here. We learn many new things about her and the idea of her being spoiled since she's Royal changes at some extent. At least I thought her role was significant.
I also liked Emma in this book. At the end of the first chapter, when we realise what has happened after the encounter in Of Poseidon, I wasn't sure how she was going to cope with that. And she had me confused at certain points of this book because her thought process changed several times. For a second she had me thinking that things are going to get ugly between her and Galen.
Now Galen was, is and probably will be awesome. I adore the guy. He is always so protective of Emma and of his sister of course that I was literally saying "aww" every time he did something cute.
I felt really bad for him at a certain point and those of you that have read this book know exactly to what I'm referring.
The way Emma's mother went back to her old self and started acting more fish-like was funny at some points. Especially in the part with Paca. I was like "you go girl! go get your man".
I also found King Antonis quite funny at some parts of the book. I believe we all understand how both Nalia and Emma got to be such kick-ass characters!
Oh oh, Emma was so kick-ass in this book! I loved loved loved the way she decided to take control of some things and show everyone what she is capable of doing!
Now let me shortly address my hate towards Jagen.
I wanted to kill the guy.
Slowly.
Painfully.
For the sake of this review, we will call Jagen, "Bianca" and we will combine his character with the following picture..;
Okay enough with him.
The ending was unexpected and I don't really know how to feel about it (should I scream? should I cry?) but I guess we'll see how our characters deal with that in the third and final book.
Finally, I found the Epilogue ADORABLE. I loved it!
Favorite Characters: Emma, Rayna, Galen, Toraf, Grom, King Antonis.
Overall, I enjoyed a lot this book and I can't wait to pick up the last one!
Thank you for reading this review!
~Christiana.
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