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Triton Rising by Sonnet O’Dell

Release Date: September 7, 2011
Publisher: Eternal Press
Pages / File Size: 60 Pages

Source: book provided by publisher for review

Blurb:
Illiana is a half mermaid and has kept that fact hidden from all but a trusted few in her life. She is content to live her life, work her job and to stay far away from the sea she is so drawn to.

Then by accident she meets Karsh a full merman and they are drawn to each other and fall into a strangely instant and intense relationship as a mated pair. But knowing Karsh brings her into danger.

There is a man named Kelby who enjoys killed halfies like her and the minute he meets Illiana he knows what she is, setting to hunting her immediately. Can Karsh protect her or will she suffer the fate of dying at the purists hands?

Purchase links: http://www.amazon.com/Triton-Rising-ebook/dp/B005LWHBG8/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376020325&sr=1-10&keywords=sonnet+o%27dell

Crystal’s Review:
Illiana works at a male stripper bar. She has secrets and some of those secrets she doesn’t even know. She just knows that her mom was a full blooded mermaid. She wore a pendant around her neck so she could go in the water without turning back into a mermaid. The reason that she knows nothing about her mom’s life is that she was killed when she was young. When she meets the new male dancer Karsh she hears the ocean as soon as she sees him and knows that he is a merman. She needs to stay away from him.

Karsh is a full blooded merman. He uses his powers to entice when he dances. As soon as he sees Illana he knows that she is his mate and will follow her until they are together. What Karsh doesn’t know is that Illiana’s mother is one of the pure blooded and that her killer is still out there.

I loved this story. There is nothing like reading an adult version of the movies that you feel in love with as a child. I have always liked mermaids and I couldn’t pass this book up when I read the blurb. The cover kind of floored me when I saw it. I just saw the black and read. I had to look really close to see the people. I felt kind of magical to me. This book was short but it still got its point across. The author got my attention and kept it. She sure knows how to weave a great tale and I will be going and checking out more of her books later.

Rating: 4 Hearts, 4 Flames