While Rogue Wave keeps with this smaller plot event scale, it throws in massive twists that I never saw coming. This book is more about setting everything up for the sequel novels, allowing the reader to get their bearings with respect to what is actually going on in the grand scheme of things.Īnd that sets the scene beautifully for Rogue Wave to sweep every expectation away. I thought finding the other heroines would have been a major affair, taking up most of the book but it isn’t. Which is why I say the plot was subdued in Deep Blue: because it consisted of smaller dramatic moments and not the epic events I expected. When an author adds a glossary, you can tell that they have really thought everything out for their story and Donnelly is no exception because the world of Deep Blue features a rich history for these characters and their kingdoms. I found out when I had 50 pages left in the book that there is a glossary with people and terms at the back of the book so that helped keep everything fresh when I was reading. The world itself is pretty straightforward but I found the various Latin names/terms were hard to keep track of. I love how Donnelly changed common, everyday idioms and modified them for a “water world”–it really added to the world that she was building. When I started reading Deep Blue, I easily got sucked into the world. The World:ĭeep Blue is a bit of a subdued novel and part of that reason, I think, is that it is building up the world. Sure, most paranormal novels have the BFF female sidekick but there is something about having a whole troop of girls working together that is refreshing to me. For once the heroine isn’t relying on a man or just herself but a group of 5 other girls to accomplish something.

It seems to me mermaids are a new trend in YA fiction but I’ve only read a few books about them so I was willing to give this series a shot.īut the biggest reason I wanted to read this was this line in the synopsis “Sera searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas” - to me that means girl power. I only read her standalone, Revolution, which was fantastic, but since reading that years ago, I haven’t read anything else by her. I randomly stumbled upon this series, and when I read the synopsis I wanted to read it. Jennifer Donnelly is one of those critically acclaimed authors that I haven’t read too many books by.

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mythological, Adventure

# of Books: 4 (Deep Blue, Rogue Wave, Dark Tide, Sea Spell) Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

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