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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first. I was a little disappointed with who Fred fell in love with. I was rooting for the other guy, but after all this is only book 2 and there is still book 3, so the possibility is still there for the GUY I like.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fred is just that kind of lucky girl. Thomas knows she's a mermaid and tells her he loves her ... Artur (High Prince of the Black Sea) wants to make her <em>she-who-will-be-queen</em>. <br/><br/>Problem? Fred just wants to be Fred. And now she's being summoned by his Highness the king down to Florida becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50710178">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy Mary Janice Davidson's books. I know her style puts some people off, but I like a lighthearted fun read. <br/><br/>The Fred the Mermaid series is just that. Fun and lighthearted. With so many books about vampires and werewolves it was refreshing to read about a mermaid. I will defin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34463683">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't in good conscience give this book more than two stars, but it was still fun to read. I read the whole thing in a few hours, which was nice. Books like this are easy to pick up and easy to put down.<br/>This book is about Fred going to her first mermaid meeting, basically. The &quot;Under...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42767542">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so this book was okay. It was entertaining but I really was not happy with the outcome of the Pelagic (spelling?). I am anxious to read the next book: Fish out of Water. One issue I have, is this 3 part book series REALLY could have been all in one book. The story has SO many chapters,and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52162508">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you ever eaten a chicken nugget that is all batter and no chicken? That’s what it’s like to read this book. Lots of lightweight, tasty, stuff…but no meat to the story. I would love to live in Fred’s world. No one disagrees, there are never any major conflicts to overcome, and life alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55872294">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Swimming Without A Net is the second book about Fred The Mermaid who we met in Sleeping with the Fishes. Fred is a half-biped, half-mermaid who has just recently found out that she has to attend something called The Pelagic - which is a meeting of the whole UnderSea Folk that's going to be in the Ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31668404">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Swimming Without a Net by Mary Janice Davidson is without a doubt cute, light, fluffy and humorous. By far better than the Undead series.<br/><br/>Fred is a half breed mermaid with green hair and a foul, whiny personality. Working for the New England Aquarium as a marine biologist, she is extremel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18674424">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for a very light read, something quick, funny, without a lot to make you think to hard... this is the book for you. <br/><br/>I love the idea of a mermaid series. Different from what's out there.  Diving (pardon the pun) into the life of the 'sea folk' was a riot. <br/><br/>Rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44445844">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the idea that Mer-people have the courtesy of allowing their rivals to date the object of their affection as they do their own wooing. Sets up a hilarious scenario for this &quot;half-breed&quot; heroine.<br/><br/>Great ending! I am SO happy she didn't leave me hanging without the heroine m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49233852">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fred the mermaid is one quirky and always aggravated girl.  She has  a bit of an attitude problem and she uses humor as a defense.  She has two men fighting over her, Dr. Thomas Pearson (an oceanographer) and Prince Artur (a royal of the Merfolk).  The Merfolk are having a huge gathering to decide i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64581394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I have one complaint about the Fred series, it's that they are too short. They seem to be over just as you are getting into all the details!<br/><br/>I like this series because Fred is such a caustic sarcastic mermaid/person. She stands her own ground even if she's not really digging the whole ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38443611">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I like Fred so much because she reminds me of myself.  I, of course, don't say most of the stuff that she does even though I think it.  I didn't like how she chose Arthur.  I would have preferred that she picked him out of genuine love rather than just because she thought Thomas was losing i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54548037">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the weakest of the books by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1429808.MaryJanice_Davidson" title="MaryJanice Davidson">MaryJanice Davidson</a>. At the end of the day, the people that had already found love still have love and the others are still unsure.<br/><br/>I guess I was just left feeling a little flat. Some of it was funny, but meh.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46024457">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not quite done with this yet, just cause I haven't been able to sqeeze in time to read the last couple of days.  But I just ran across the best line of dialogue ever.  And I think it explains why I like these books.  The plots are ok, the characters are ok, the mermaid deal is unique, but really...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11484315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute follow-up to the first book.  In this instance Fred heads off to the Cayman Islands for a conference of mermaids trying to decide if they want to go public with their existence.  Fred has to decide if she wants Thomas or Prince Artur.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really starting to like this series. I can't wait to read the next one the next book. The best thing is they are all in print but just have to wait for the library to get them in :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[MaryJanice Davidson books are like really sugary candy - if you intake too much at one time you'll get sick, but taken one at time, with great distance in between - delicious!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ok well if you like the first book more power to you. The second followed along with the first the chaRACTERS GROWTH ARE MOVING SO SLOWLY.Im feel a little sorry for fredrika, every other character in the book is getting some except her.. but although she isnt her best friend has enough for the both ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9244288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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