5 Dark Mermaid tales brimming with forbidden romances, curious underwater worlds, and kick-ass revenge seeking sirens. Get lost in Alexia Purdy’s imaginative world of legends where in the depths of the ocean, an ancient creature awakens with a horrendous appetite and begins to hunt in Bloodtides and Slipstreams. Seek vengeance against ancient Grecian Gods in Jessica Ozment’s account of how one … of how one siren risks it all to break an unsightly curse Poseidon casts upon her, forcing her to dredge her land-loving soulmate from one side of the sea to the other in Sapphira: The Lost Lady of the Water. In Nicole Strycharz’s tale of gods, love, the mer, and mortals, destiny might mean tragedy and myth might mean reality in She Comes With The Tide. Dealing with a mysterious illness with her friend at her side, Jane propels herself into the unknown and discovers that she was meant to live an extraordinary life unlike anything she could have imagined in Scales by Stefanie Jolicoeur. Travel to a unique aquatic realm where Liasa’s human lover, Visal, is held captive by the son of Poseidon, she has little choice but to do whatever he wishes in order to save the life of the man she loves in Marsha Black’s story Liasa’s Tail of Woe.
Can you survive these stimulating underwater chronicles of regret, reprisal, and retribution?
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Ready to get wet and wild with the Mer folk?? Well here is your chance to read different versions of Mer stories. These are great stories of broken hearts, blackmail, fated mates and more. Each story unique. Oh yea these aren’t your friendly loving Mer’s so well. . . you’ll see.
It starts of with Alexia Purdy and her jilted lover story. Loved this story and the main character. Had to laugh out loud at the ending then decide on my own choices. This author never disappoints so yes an awesome read in the collection.
Then theres Jessica Ozment’s story which tells the story of Mer suffering for loving a human. Pitting the god’s against each other wont be easy and may not turn out how she expected. Being friends with Medusa and her cronies may be a nail in her coffin.
Stefanie Jolicoeur’s story about a woman in an abusive relationship that has a curious rash but that’s not all. She also has a mysterious stranger that shows up. That’s all you’ll get on that one but oh yea it’s a great read
Nicole Strycharz tells a story of lost loves and a woman from the sea. Past lives, a woman scorned, favor of the gods and a fight to save a loved one. Love that this woman wont let her man be taken, battles down and dirty with that love as her weapon.
Marsha Black rounds this boxset up with her tale of a mer gone bad. What happens with your love is used against you? For this mer it may not just be about her being used as a tool, it may also be her downfall. Warnings don’t help. How do you turn back the clock when your heart is too black to care? Great story of a broken heart.
I love mermaids so when I saw this I just had to get it. I was absolutely beyond pleased with these tales. I did not like how some of them ended leaving me hanging on for dear life wondering what will happen next. But that just means they were awesome stories. I really hope these authors expand on these stories because they are just so good!! If you like the dark and mysterious world of mermaids then this collection is for you! Highly recommend!
I like reading anthologies because of the different takes on a similar theme by different authors. I really enjoyed all of the stories in this anthology. Two of my favorites were She Comes With The Tide by Nicole Strycharz and Liasa’s Tail of Woe by Marsha Black.
I loved that in the first story She Comes With The Tide it was based off of history and Greek mythology because that is my favorite subject to study. This story made me want to keep reading to find out more about the characters, I just didn’t want to put it down. I connected with the characters so much so that I would get upset when they were upset, and I could feel how much they loved each other.
The second story was Liasa’s Tail of Woe. This story took you on a roller coaster ride of Good and Evil. I love watching the character grow and change throughout the story. The descriptive language of the characters and the surroundings are very detailed and made it easy to submerge (hehehe, water humor) yourself within the story.
I enjoyed all the stories in this anthology but was a little sad about a couple that ended to abruptly. I hope to learn more about the worlds in those stories in the near future.
I really enjoyed reading this collection of mermaid tales. This is a set of stories that deal with mermaids and sea creatures, and each one is entertaining. My favorite was the final story…Liasa’s Tail of Woe. It’s a heartbreaking story about a young mermaid that discovers love right when she never expected it, just to lose it and feel she now must become a treacherous siren to avenge his death by consuming all the human sailors she can. I’d recommend this collection to fans of reading sea-related stories and books about mer-life.
This is an interesting mix of short stories, containing love, mythology, revenge, cruelty, mystery and magic. I think my favourite was Slipstream and Bloodtides by Alexia Purdy. The savagery, magic and strength of the Mir in this story takes your breath away. She is an apex predictor and humans are prey, but her last victim is different and now Odette (a human girl) has been drawn into the Mir’s life. These are 5 enthralling short stories that will hopefully lead on to longer books