Forgive My Fins
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4.7 • 133 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but for mermaid Lily Sanderson, there’s no such thing as a simple crush.
Lily has a secret, and it’s not her huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid—she’s a Thalassinian princess.
When she discovered three years ago that her mother was actually a human, Lily finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been going to Seaview High ever since.
Living on land has its problems—like her obnoxious biker-boy neighbor, Quince Fletcher—but it has that one major perk: Brody. The problem is, mermaids aren’t really the casual dating type—when they bond, it’s for life.
When Lily’s attempt to win Brody’s love leads to a case of mistaken identity, she finds out, quick as a tailfin flick, that happily ever after never sails quite as smoothly as you planned.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen-year-old Lily is not like the other girls at her high school indistinguishable from humans in her two-legged form, she s secretly a half-human, half-mermaid princess from the undersea kingdom of Thalassina. Lily has been obsessed with swimming star Brody for three years, and the time has come to tell him how she feels, reveal her secret, and take him to live with her under the sea as her bonded mermate. Unfortunately, a surprise kiss from her next-door nemesis, Quince, bonds them together instead. There s only one way out: take Quince to Thalassinia and beg her father to break the attachment before it becomes permanent. But Quince secretly loves Lily and has one week to convince Lily not to let him go. Childs s (Goddess Boot Camp) effervescent storytelling conveys the delicate tension of first love, and her characters are sympathetic and charming; Lily s frequent aquatic exclamations ( Speak of the devilfish ) are indicative of the book s brand of humor. This sweet mix of magic, romance, and teen drama will leave readers satisfied, even as they hope Quince and Lily s story will continue. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Hoping for a sequel
I love this book! If you're fond of mermaid stories, here's one to remember. I hope she makes a sequel. Stories where two people come together for love just makes my toes curl!
Great!!!!!!!
I loved this book and the story line, I just think it should have ended differently, with them bonded together.
Amazing tail of mermaid romance :)
Though it's filled with cheesy mermaid puns (they grow on you), this was a wonderful, charming book that made me want to murmaider some of the characters and mermarry one of them. I'm pumped for the sequel!