The Seafarers Kiss

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Having long wondered what lives beyond the ice shelf, nineteen year old mermaid Ersel learns of the life she wants when she rescues and befriends Ragna, a shield maiden stranded on the mermen s glacier But when Ersel s childhood friend and suitor catches them together, he gives Ersel a choice say goodbye to Ragna or face justice at the hands of the glacier s brutal king.Determined to forge a different fate, Ersel seeks help from Loki But such deals are never as one expects, and the outcome sees her exiled from the only home and protection she s known To save herself from perishing in the barren, underwater wasteland and be reunited with the human she s come to love, Ersel must try to outsmart the God of Lies. Free Download [ The Seafarers Kiss ] By [ Julia Ember ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 3 stars Overall, I enjoyed this read, but I have some issues Ultimately, it had so much potential but so many aspects fell flat for me I ll be discussing this book with my book club The Biblio Book Club on 8 17 at 9 30 PM EST at come join I liked the beginning of the book the best The first third of the book was fresh, exciting, new, and magical I haven t read a mermaid book since I was a kid and forgot how much fun they could be The middle was 3 stars Overall, I enjoyed this read, but I have some issues Ultimately, it had so much potential but so many aspects fell flat for me I ll be discussing this book with my book club The Biblio Book Club on 8 17 at 9 30 PM EST at come join I liked the beginning of the book the best The first third of the book was fresh, exciting, new, and magical I haven t read a mermaid book since I was a kid and forgot how much fun they could be The middle was fai...A single twist of white blonde hair blew across her face and stuck to her half frozen lips When she noticed me, the edges of her eyes crinkled as though she were smiling, as if she had been waiting She was a bisexual mermaid, she was a lesbian ice maiden, can I make it any obvious I VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BOOK FOR A LONG, LONG TIME It s a retelling of The Little Mermaid, and also an Ursula origin story, featuring an f f romance at the core between a mermaid girl and a humanA single twist of white blonde hair blew across her face and stuck to her half frozen lips When she noticed me, the edges of her eyes crinkled as though she were smiling, as if she had been waiting She was a bisexual mermaid, she was a lesbian ice maiden, can I make it any obvious I VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BOOK FOR A LONG, LONG TIME It s a retelling of The Little Mermaid, and also an Ursula origin story, featuring an f f romance at the core between a mermaid girl and a human girl If...Video review spoiler free warnings for this book if you need them Violence in the romantic relationship goes unchallenged Infertile women referred to as broken and damaged this idea is challenged, but still giving you a heads up since it s a sensitive topic I was sent an early copy of this book by the author for review All opinions are my own.My real rating of this book is 3.5 stars I loved a lot about it, but had to lower my rating because the Video review spoiler free warnings for this book if you need them Violence in the romantic relationship goes unchallenged Infertile women referred to as broken and damaged this idea is challenged, but still giving you a heads up since it s a sensitive topic I was sent an early copy of this book by the author for review All opinions are my own.My real rating of this book is 3.5 stars I loved a lot about it, but had to lower my rating because the one thing I disliked was that it portrays violence in the romance we are supposed to support without ever showing it as wrong, and strengthening the...But that was before I d met a human before I d seen the depth, intelligence, even empathy, in Ragna s eyes before I knew that humans spoke the godstongue and smiled like starfish First of all, we ve got a chubby, bisexual cross between the little mermaid and Ursula, who falls in love with a badass lesbian viking, and has to face down the tricks and scheming of a gender queer Loki proper they pronouns and all Julia...a retelling of the little mermaid oh for god s sake i m sick of the deluge of YA fairy tale retellings invading everywhe featuring ursula outwitting loki to save the woman she loves GIVE ME IT NOWIt was definitely a quick and fun read, but I think I would have enjoyed this a lotif this had been a longer book There were some scenes and character development I would have liked to have beenfleshed out.I would also like to di...3.5 stars This f f take on The Little Mermaid with Norse mythology is a really original and creative story Ersel the mermaid collects human trinkets and doesn t want to do The Grading ceremony to find a mate like she s expected to So she s looked down upon and asked if her eggs are frozen inside of her The mage at the ceremony tells her she s super fertile, but nobody considers what she wants our glacier s need to survive had turned us all into slaves to this ritual One day Ersel finds 3.5 stars This f f take on The Little Mermaid with Norse mythology is a really original and creative story Ersel the mermaid collects human trinkets and doesn t want to do The Grading ceremony to find a mate like she s expected to So she s looked down upon and asked if her eggs are frozen inside of her The mage at the ceremony tells her she s super fertile, but nobody considers what she wants our glacier s need to survive had turned us all into slaves to this ritual One day Ersel finds a girl named Ragna on the glacier where the mermaids live Privateers had attacked Ragna s clan and taken her prisoner, but then their ship sank Ragna s covered in magical blue tattoos that move and show her whatever she needs to find from the bloodline of the Norse god Heimdallr Ersel brings her food supplies to fix a boat and they bond after a polar bear attack Minor spoilery plot points view spoiler Ragna kisses her because it s said to be lucky for sail... The Little Mermaid meets Norse mythology with a bisexual protagonist The Seafarer s Kiss is every geek s dream. See this review and others like it on www.bookbastion.net ___________I ve had this strange desire all year long to read a story about mermaids, and this was the first I had the chance to crack into I d love to say that it met all of my expectations and blew me out of the water, but unfortunately I just wasn t entirely hooked Something about it didn t quite reel me in From subplots that just didn t float my boat, to aspects of the story that moved like they were caught in a riptide, this story See this review and others like it on www.bookbastion.net ___________I ve had this strange desire all year long to read a story about mermaids, and this was the first I had the chance to crack into I d love to say that it met all of my expectations and blew me out of the water, but unfortunately I just wasn t entirely hooked Something about it didn t quite reel me in From subplots that just didn t float my boat, to aspects of the story t...A viking F F Little Mermaid retelling Oh my.Brutal and fierce, THE SEAFARER S KISS transports you to a frozen northern sea where a shipwrecked shieldmaiden tempts one mermaid to the surface Under the ice, her people fight to survive the dangerous waters, but a jealou...

The Seafarers Kiss
  • 23 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 230 pages
  • 1945053208
  • Julia Ember
  • The Seafarers Kiss