Thursday, December 21, 2017

WAITING FOR GIDEON: A TIDAL KISS SHORT - REVIEW

I have been a bad book blogger and have neglecting my book blogging.

I'm making up for it by pushing out ANOTHER review today.

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I've finished reading Waiting for Gideon by Kristy Nicole a few months ago but somehow forgot to post a review of it here.

Out of all the books associated with The Tidal Kiss Trilogy, this short is my absolute favourite.

In my opinion, this short provided the perfect ratio of action to romance (more action than romance), and basically explains how Callie's parents met. If you don't know who Callie is, you might want to pick up The Tidal Kiss Trilogy. Or if you don't want to, that's ok - because this short is another amazing stand-alone story.

Kristy has effectively managed to magically teleport me to the 1980's (which is probably one of the best eras in my opinion). Every detail described came to life as though I were in that time period, from the clothes, to the car, to the music, to the cheesy 80's movie tropes like exploding cars. :sigh: it was like being on the movie set of back to the future.


As such, I am giving this short 5 out of 5 stars and recommend picking up this book.

Speaking of, you can buy the book by clicking on this link:

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OR...

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Happy reading,

SeaGlass Siren

Christmas special: VEXED REVIEW

It's the first day of winter! And I have successfully finished reading my new favourite Christmas novella, Vexed by Kristy Nicole!

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Where do I start? 
The book itself is as long as the first Harry Potter book, so I was surprised I managed to zip through reading it within a day. 
I love it. Love, love, LOVE, that it’s so much different from most romances (and you know how I feel about romances). I can't give anything away, but what I CAN say is that it's a super story with a lot of great character and sub-plot build up. It makes a great stand-alone book if you haven't read The Tidal Kiss Trilogy, but I really do recommend reading the trilogy first before picking this up.




This book has me hooked and receives a full 5 out of 5 stars.

All that said, STILL hella awkward for me to read sex scenes. Let's just say it was enough to make me red just because of how.. :ahem: experienced both of the main characters were. 

Speaking of picking up the trilogy, Kristy Nicole has just released a book combining the ENTIRE trilogy, which makes this a perfect Christmas gift to any friend, or fish, who loves fantasy and romance.

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If you're interested in purchasing, please click on the following links:




Happy reading!

SeaGlass Siren

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Get Started with the Kristy Nicolle Fantasy INFINIVERSE!


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Saga I- Queens of Fantasy
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Book 1-THE KISS THAT KILLED ME
The Tidal Kiss is calling... Will you answer?
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Dark tides are coming... Get ready to ride.
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Seven seas will bleed... To save one ocean.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Dolphin Diaries series by Ben M. Baglio

Today I am reviewing an old series from my childhood called The Dolphin Diaries. There's a total of 10 books in the series that follows a young girl on a trip with her parents who are marine biologists. Along the way, she encounters dolphins that need to be rescued.


These books are perfect for children in grades 4 and over (I believe I started reading these when I was in grade 5, all the way up to grade 8), and they are perfect for introducing your children to the subject of dolphins and marine biology. It may also cultivate a love of reading. 
I remember reading these books over and over again until they wore out, and I would wait until the next book in the series came out so I could buy it with the money I saved up. My most favourite was Book 4: Under the Stars.

I highly recommend this series. 5 out of 5 stars.



I do apologise for the extremely short review - I am currently reading Rescue Sirens by Jessica Steele-Sanders and it's taking longer than I had hoped. 

Thank your for being patient! See you all next month!

Monday, January 23, 2017

The Kiss That Changed Me 2017 Book Review

   Finally, the long awaited review for The Kiss That Changed Me is here! For this review I’m going to attempt to write without any spoilers, which is pretty difficult for me because in order for me to fully enjoy the book and recommend it to others I always look at the details beginning middle to end. I always end up “spoiling” parts of the book which is apparently something that people don’t like.

   First off, this was an incredibly long book. I started reading this back in December thinking “I’ll be able to finish in time to put up a review for the end of December,” but I was wrong. I didn’t finish until two days ago. And I didn’t finish because I took my time reading… and I took my time reading because the book this time around is so, so, SO detailed. From the book’s summary, we know that there will be a great war of the merworlds and our protagonist must find and recruit members to fight off the enemies. For this, she must travel unto unknown territory, and by the end of the book, the lands she finds herself in are a little dreamy, but real enough as though you were travelling with her. Once again, Kristy Nicolle manages to immerse her readers into the mermaid realm, only this time you’re not only immersed, but you can “see” things in front of you as her words paint images into your mind’s eye. Seeing her world being built in that much detail for me was like being immersed into the world of Harry Potter. It’s THAT detailed. We also see Kristy’s growth as an author, which is something to appreciate, and how far she has come from her first book in the series The Kiss That Killed Me.

   Speaking of that book, remember in a previous review when I said I don’t read romance novels? Well, after reading this trilogy, I completely forgot that it was even a romance! I hadn’t noticed until the very end when Kristy brings it back altogether and reminds the readers “Hey remember, that this book is about the protagonist and her lover.” Even though it ended concluding the book was a cheesy romance, I did appreciate that the majority of the story was fantasy based, and that made it much more enjoyable.
:P Thanks, Kristy, thanks.

   One thing I did want to discuss was the one particular world that the protagonist lands in (Japan).
Throughout the book, she finds herself in different territories of merfolk, all of which have their own myths, histories, and beliefs. I just wanted to say that as an Asian person, I appreciate how much diversity was represented in this book, and representation is so very important to me. As a non-Japanese however, I cannot confirm whether or not the details of this world was accurate from costume to customs to geisha history. However, I can confirm that as a person of Vietnamese and Chinese descent, who has done a fair amount of research into the histories of her background and Japan’s cultural history, that the costume for the Empress, and the throne room of the Emperor, is slightly inaccurate as some of the style is borrowed from China. Even so, Kristy makes up for it by making sure there is Japanese being spoken in the novel, and that the language use was accurate, such as not switching back and forth from Japanese to English for no reason at all. I’m a stickler for consistent language use. The Japanese characters all speak English, broken or fluent otherwise, to only our protagonists, or if they speak to each other in English it’s so that the protagonists can understand and they can hear. Also, I took into consideration that in the Japanese education system it is required for students to take English classes, and that there are younger mer lings that exist in this chapter so of course they’d be able to at least speak because this is set in the modern world. Having said that, Kristy does a wonderful job of world building here and it shows that she did plenty of research beforehand. As for the other worlds encountered, I can’t gauge accuracy because I am neither Scottish, Italian, African, or Hawaiian. Anyone who is and can determine this, please do! (My most favourite worlds are Hawaii and Italy).

   Another thing I also want to discuss is the representation of LGBTQ mers. Again, representation is very important for me and I feel that Kristy does an amazing job here by normalising a gay relationship. Pardon my swear here, but holy shit thank you for normalising this!
If you’re a homophobe, this book isn’t for you. But no one cares about you, so :PBTHH!!:

   Final thing I want to mention; in the first book, the language was very repetitive and the plot was very predictable. However, I am proud to say that this book was neither repetitive, nor predictable. I can’t tell you with what happens during the war, but I can tell you there is tons of bloodshed that everyone needs to be prepared for, and it was well worth the wait. There’s even a lovely surprise at the end that Kristy has blessed us with.

So to summarise; plenty of representation, a lot of diversity, excellent language use, tons of research obviously put into this, and a detailed world of mermaids. All the more reason to pick up the novel as soon as you can, don’t you think?


I give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Sunday, October 23, 2016

The Gold and Pearl Ring contest

Hey everyone!

My author friend Demelza Carlton just created a contest to win this super beautiful gold and pearl ring fit for a mermaid!




To enter the contest, click on the link below and enter! (You might end up with free romance books too!)
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