Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings

This is what happens when the book I'm currently reading is at the wrong house. I end up getting a random book on my kindle and finishing it, even though I didn't like it. It's hard to make me dislike a mermaid character, but this did it. Jade is a teenage girl who we're supposed to feel sorry for (......more

I knew I would love Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings. I had read the great reviews. I enjoy the author’s quirky, somewhat “out-there” sense of humour. And I always love a book that draws me into an alternate world and allows me to stay there, happy for the duration, in my suspended disbelief. And s......more

Great. How embarrassing, starting your period while trying on bathing suits. Especially when you didn’t want to try on bathing suits in the first place. Because you have no intention of swimming. Especially since your mom drowned a year before. On top of that, imagine running into him, that boy who......more

Cute YA story. Good for pre-teens.......more

Yet another mermaid novel! I enjoyed it. The ending ... was awesome. I liked the main character; she's funny, though she does need to work on her friendships. There's a little bit of romance, the kind where the couple are too shy and misunderstood to know how much they like each other until the end.......more