A dark paranormal retelling of the classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid.My father is a daemon.My mother is a cambion.Humans are the enemy.All my life I’ve been locked away in a foreign world of darkness, hidden among the shadows, yearning for a reality I can never embrace. I’m a prisoner among my own kind.Every night at sunset, I sneak away as the last rays of the sun disappears over the … the last rays of the sun disappears over the horizon. A desperate attempt to find normalcy and acceptance in a forbidden world.
Everything changes when I save the life of a handsome stranger. I’m not supposed to care. I’m not allowed to intervene.
Human touch is forbidden.
Rebelling against the rules, I take him home and care for his numerous wounds. Our meeting awakens intense and frightening feelings. A passion neither of us expects as it exposes my world to the human realm.
Now the entire existence of my kind is threatened.
I’ve opened Pandora’s box and the Dresh are coming . . .
*** First in a new series of twisted tales from old classics ***
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This was a great dark retelling of The Little Mermaid! Ari has longed to be on the surface world with humans her whole life, but is forbidden since she is a cambion. One day, she surfaces and and finds a brave and stupid man, Evan, who was left for dead. She chooses to heal him, forged a connection, and can’t seem to stay away from him. Evan is a broken soul whose father abused and abandoned him and his mother during his childhood and is working as much as he can to pay his mother’s chemo bills and provide for them both. Although their love story was fast paced, they both had an undying love for one another and felt incomplete when they weren’t together. Ari and Evan’s characters have many struggles in this story to overcome and their characters grow so much in a short amount of time. This short tale was filled with horror, passion, forbidden romance, unrequited love, and secrets.
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Amazing Retelling!!
This is an amazing dark retelling of The Little Mermaid story. It was intense and heartbreaking but full of love and devotion. Ari is a girl that dreams of the human world and nothing will stop her from getting there. When she saves Evan (who is human) she didn’t realize how that would change her life. These two characters are fantastically written. You can’t help but fall in love with them even with their dark pasts. Ari and Evan are very devoted to one another and their love eventually will save them. I loved the supernatural spin on this retelling. The fact that Ari is a Daemon and Evan is human but their love can defy their worlds and conquer all. Beautiful!
Dark Reign is a darker and twisted version of the little mermaid. While this is not a light read, the way the story is written the pain and angst is beautiful and heart wrenching at times.
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A fabulous retelling of The Little Mermaid. Ari is a daemon and taught that humans are the enemy, then she saves Evan, a human, and they fall in love. This was an excellent retelling of the Little Mermaid, with appropriate twists and turns, action, adventure, and forbidden romance. The pacing of the story was perfect, the story unique, the characters are compelling, and well written. This is a definite must read I highly recommend it.
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I love Nikki Landis’ dark and twisty retelling of The Little Mermaid! Ari as a daemon instead of a simple mermaid… Evan as a motorcycle riding construction worker instead of a prince… Only in Landis’ head can this idea come to be, and work so wonderfully!
Oh, and the parent twist, I’d say it’s utterly diabolical, but isn’t that just too fitting in this case?
This was a great and fast read. Wasn’t so sure at the beginning about this being a retelling of the little mermaid but i’m glad that i read it. The story was well written and i loved the characters.
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This was a fast read. I actually forgot this was a retelling of The Little Mermaid when I read it and now the book makes a lot more sense knowing that. This definitely is a completely different take on The Little Mermaid. I did enjoy this fast-paced book. If you want an interesting twist to the book and seeing things a different supernatural way then pick up this book.
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Ari has lived her life under the thumb of her father and brothers. She has been raised to believe that humans are the enemy, but she can’t resist the pull to their world. A chance meeting with Evan changes both of their lives forever. This tale of forbidden love proves that father does not always know what is best.
This is a great story with great characters. This story has great twists and suspense. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is a must read.
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