Name: Tempest Rising
ISBN: 9780802722317

Tracy Deebs

On her 17th birthday, Tempest must decide whether to remain a human and live on land or submit to her mermaid half, like her mother before her, and enter into a long-running war under the sea.

Tempest Rising

Monicap

There was no one thing that I particularly DISLIKED in this book, but I was just reeeally bored while reading it, so I skipped to the end and read the last two chapters.

I don't think I missed out on anything.

Kelly

I read this probably a decade ago and absolutely loved it, but rereading it as an adult was kind of disappointing. 

I love the writing style, but I have a few big issues with the book. First, there is too many different fantasy elements going on for me: mermaids, mind-reading, mysterious superpowers. It was a lot. 

It drove me nuts that Tempest just… forgets about her family and friends for so long. You would think that since she knows what it feels like to be abandoned by someone, she’d have some empathy. But no. 

I was also really disappointed in the ending. But, maybe the sequel will be more satisfying?

Renee Delcourt

Sooooo.... I loved this book. Really loved this book. I didn't like this book at first... I feel like I say that about a lot of books. It's rare when I like a book right off. It needs to be intriguing and beautifully written from the first word for me to absolutely love it from the beginning. Lately there is only one book that I have read that qualifies, however books can redeem themselves. It just means I have to read a couple of pages before I can get into it. I diverted. :) Well, to say the least once I read a few pages in, I loved it. Now, with that said, there were a few things that irritated me about the book.

Tempest's character is very interesting, but I did not think they would just come right out with that little mermaid bit. I thought they would drag it out a little while before anything was explained. I guess I was wrong. I was actually prepared for a little of a build up before that scene came to play. I think it kind of took away a little from the plot. I know it was something in the synopsis, but it's something that I think is important to build up for. It's the main part of the story line and it was like "Poof".

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