I loved Quince and even though Lily “couldn’t stand him” they were still beyond adorable together. It becomes apparent pretty quickly who the real love interest was going to be but that didn’t bug me. She also has a best friend and an annoying next door neighbor Quince. Lily goes to high school where she has a crush Brody, a guy on the swim team. Lily seems just like a normal girl, except she has powers, like she can affect the temperature of water and she can craft minor items of clothing and stuff like that, and she loves salty baths.

Her dad is king of her mer kingdom, but he seems like the most loving, most understanding dad out there.

Lily is a mermaid that is living on land for a while. I have been reading so many new adult contemporaries lately (which I still love) that it was nice to switch it up to a cute paranormal young adult book. I have already started the second book because I didn’t want the story to be over when I finished the first one. And this was the perfect series for me to pick up. I haven’t read a good mermaid book in over a year, so I was past due for one. When Lily’s attempt to win Brody’s love leads to a tsunami-sized case of mistaken identity, she is in for a tidal wave of relationship drama, and she finds out, quick as a tailfin flick, that happily-ever-after never sails quite as smoothly as you planned. The problem is, mermaids aren’t really the casual dating type – when they “bond,” it’s for life. Sure, land has its problems – like her obnoxious, biker boy neighbor Quince Fletcher – but it has that one major perk – Brody.

When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been living on land and going to Seaview high school ever since, hoping to find where she truly belongs. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid – she’s a Thalassinian princess. Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but when you’re half human, half mermaid like Lily, there’s no such thing as a simple crush. Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast.

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