Reviewed by Leigha on
While I love Nora Roberts' earlier series and standalone novels, my enjoyment of her books has seriously gone down hill the last ten years. Her tone, writing style, plot, and characters are eerily similar to one another. In this trilogy, she deviated somewhat from her character MO to include a non-English speaking character, the mermaid Annika. For the first time in a long time, it made me excited and interested in a series of hers. Annika's story was indeed memorable and enjoyable, and yet toward the end of the novel I still felt like it was borderline close to sounding similar to other Roberts' female narrators.
This novel had amazing descriptions about the setting, but lacked in world building. What do we really know about mermaids or travelers? Pretty much nada despite this second installment being about those two types of people. The plot was predictable – not all that intriguing, but not necessarily boring either. Some foreshadowing by Sasha pretty much lays out the big plot points for the novel. I would like a bit more suspense and less clairvoyance in the last installment.
tl;dr An interesting heroine and a sweet romance balance out a predictable plot.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 22 June, 2016: Finished reading
- 22 June, 2016: Reviewed