Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. ...
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Dec 07, 2011
Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~*
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3.5 - 4 Stars - Also reviewed at: Lady Jayne's Reading Den
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Is it just guppy love or a love as deep as the ocean?
Yes, I have been indoctrinated from all the puns in this book. ^_^ The sea puns and mermaid fish slang were a little jarring, at first, but son of swordfish (as Lily would say), once I got into the flow, I was all bubbly smiley reading them and at times even chuckling. Though I can More...
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Is it just guppy love or a love as deep as the ocean?
Yes, I have been indoctrinated from all the puns in this book. ^_^ The sea puns and mermaid fish slang were a little jarring, at first, but son of swordfish (as Lily would say), once I got into the flow, I was all bubbly smiley reading them and at times even chuckling. Though I can More...
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Dec 23, 2010
Janina
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This one wasn't for me. It was somehow too … pink, girly, fluffy and cute. The story itself was very predictable, which only made me want to shake the heroine and make her see what was going on already. Her absolute cluelessness really annoyed me.
And seriously, how can you be in love (and I'm referring to the I-love-you-so-much-I-want-to-marry-you-and-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-you kind of love here) with someone you rarely talk to and don't really know that well? I mean, having a cru More...
And seriously, how can you be in love (and I'm referring to the I-love-you-so-much-I-want-to-marry-you-and-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-you kind of love here) with someone you rarely talk to and don't really know that well? I mean, having a cru More...
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Sep 08, 2010
Valerie
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Forgive My Fins is really fast. Has a very modern setting and it's about mermaids of course. I haven't read a lot of books with mermaids (maybe one or two) so it was different, not bad, just different.
The premise of this book was interesting. It's easy to see where the book is headed a few chapters in but that has never fazed me. It just felt over simplified. The plot was all about breaking the bond, getting Brody, breaking the bond, getting Brody, est. Childs could at least put in More...
The premise of this book was interesting. It's easy to see where the book is headed a few chapters in but that has never fazed me. It just felt over simplified. The plot was all about breaking the bond, getting Brody, breaking the bond, getting Brody, est. Childs could at least put in More...
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Jun 21, 2011
Looking for a fun, quick, cute, summer read? Look no further! Forgive My Fins has it all and more!
Let's just say I'm head over tail for the whimsical mermaid tale!
Such a cute story. This is definitely a novel that will appeal to the upper ya crowd but at the same time, is something that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to the younger ya and even mg readers.
I adored Quincy from the first spitball mention. Not really specifically because of the spitball, but bec More...
Let's just say I'm head over tail for the whimsical mermaid tale!
Such a cute story. This is definitely a novel that will appeal to the upper ya crowd but at the same time, is something that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to the younger ya and even mg readers.
I adored Quincy from the first spitball mention. Not really specifically because of the spitball, but bec More...
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Jun 18, 2011
Gabby
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I LOVE MERMAIDS! when i was a kid i adore mermaids! even though there are some myths that says that mermaids are bad, i didn't grasp the idea... so i was so glad that there is a YA book about mermaids.
this novel is actually my first YA book that is about mermaids, and for my first, this one didn't quite disappoint me.
a new concept of mermaids were introduced here, cause mermaids can be bonded just by Kissing someone, and that ki More...
I LOVE MERMAIDS! when i was a kid i adore mermaids! even though there are some myths that says that mermaids are bad, i didn't grasp the idea... so i was so glad that there is a YA book about mermaids.
this novel is actually my first YA book that is about mermaids, and for my first, this one didn't quite disappoint me.
a new concept of mermaids were introduced here, cause mermaids can be bonded just by Kissing someone, and that ki More...
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Jul 05, 2011
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Lily Sanderson never thought that going to the surface would cause such trouble. But when she realized that her dead mother had been a surface-dweller Lily feels as though she has to try out life on land, for both her and her mother’s sake. After being on land for three years (living with her Aunt Lauren) three things have happened. One: she fell in love with the swimmer/news anchor/most-popular-guy-at-school, Brody. Two: gets a new best friend, who she trusts with everything More...
Lily Sanderson never thought that going to the surface would cause such trouble. But when she realized that her dead mother had been a surface-dweller Lily feels as though she has to try out life on land, for both her and her mother’s sake. After being on land for three years (living with her Aunt Lauren) three things have happened. One: she fell in love with the swimmer/news anchor/most-popular-guy-at-school, Brody. Two: gets a new best friend, who she trusts with everything More...
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Feb 14, 2011
Jen
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I don't think rating out of 5 stars gives enough room for judgment.
I prefer the standard school grading scale...Maybe a B-.
It was a light, cute, fun book! The cover is obviously stunning. I love the greens and the blues. I'm not sure what she's supposed to be blowing out of her mouth, though. Is there something I missed in the book?
Anyway, we are presented with Lily Sanderson: half-mermaid, half-human. She's nothing spectacular with her blonde hair (yay!), pale-skin, a More...
I prefer the standard school grading scale...Maybe a B-.
It was a light, cute, fun book! The cover is obviously stunning. I love the greens and the blues. I'm not sure what she's supposed to be blowing out of her mouth, though. Is there something I missed in the book?
Anyway, we are presented with Lily Sanderson: half-mermaid, half-human. She's nothing spectacular with her blonde hair (yay!), pale-skin, a More...
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Jun 05, 2010
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I rate this mermaid romance, which I have impatiently waited almost a year for, 3,5 stars altogether. It was really cute, but very predictable. In core it reminded me a lot of Something, Maybe and other regular YA which tell the story of a girl nursing a long time crush on a boy she doesn't really know that well. After 40 pages or so I was a tiny bit bored, but I held on tight - I was reading a mermaid-love-story! - and it got better again.
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May 23, 2011
Krys
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Tera Lynn Childs' books are always fun, fanciful, and full of magic. I like the ease of reading them... In and out quick, no muss no fuss. Her characters are always likeable and wonderfully flawed individuals who are enjoyable to read.
Forgive My Fins follows in the footsteps of Childs' previous Goddess series (which at this time, I lament, is not being picked up for a third book by the publisher, boo!). Whereas the Goddess series concentrates on Phoebe and co. and their exploits in G More...
Forgive My Fins follows in the footsteps of Childs' previous Goddess series (which at this time, I lament, is not being picked up for a third book by the publisher, boo!). Whereas the Goddess series concentrates on Phoebe and co. and their exploits in G More...
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Sep 04, 2010
Lauren
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This book is corny! In fact- a wave of sadness overcomes me when I realize the depths that this author has sunk to. Drowning her audience in a sea of underwater puns. See I can do it too!! But seriously this book feels like it was written as an 11 year olds creative writing essay and just got out of hand. If the character is mean they are a sea slug if they are nice they are an angel fish. (constantly!) It just gets ridiculous. But worst of all the characters are LAME!! Lily clearly has a persec
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Feb 03, 2012
Antonini
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Dengan Cover yang bagus, lumayan menarik perhatian, terkhusus mata saya lelaki, FMF patut dipegang2 dan kemungkinan besar dibeli jika Anda menyukai kisah fiksi fantasi berdasarkan legenda tentang makhluk laut, peri laut, putri duyung dan kehidupan yang serba sihir di salah satu dunia bawah laut.
Tidak banyak berbeda dengan tema2 dalam film Hollywood seputar percintaan remaja, FMF juga mengangkat tema yang sama yakni percintaan antara seorang putri duyung yang bersekolah di darat. Sang p More...
Tidak banyak berbeda dengan tema2 dalam film Hollywood seputar percintaan remaja, FMF juga mengangkat tema yang sama yakni percintaan antara seorang putri duyung yang bersekolah di darat. Sang p More...
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Jul 02, 2011
Bella
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I was completely wrong about this book. I thought I would enjoy it, but I wouldn't love it, or anything like that. I thought it would be a fun quick read, one of those books that you read once and enjoy, but never read again. I was SO WRONG.
I don't think there was anything about this book that I didn't like. The characters were awesome, the plot was exciting, and the setting and world building were AMAZING. Seriously, the world of Thalassinia under the sea was a pleasure to read about. I c More...
I don't think there was anything about this book that I didn't like. The characters were awesome, the plot was exciting, and the setting and world building were AMAZING. Seriously, the world of Thalassinia under the sea was a pleasure to read about. I c More...
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Dec 29, 2011
Amber
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I give this more like a 3.5*. It was really cute and made me chuckle a few times.
this was my first sea creature/mermaid book and it kind of reminded me a bit like The Little Mermaid only with a love triangle. Will still like to read the next book and see if the characters grow/progress
Lily Sanders has been on land for 3 years now pinning other a boy named Brody and she thinks now is the time to tell Brody how she feels for him along with the BIG secret she hasn't even told he More...
this was my first sea creature/mermaid book and it kind of reminded me a bit like The Little Mermaid only with a love triangle. Will still like to read the next book and see if the characters grow/progress
Lily Sanders has been on land for 3 years now pinning other a boy named Brody and she thinks now is the time to tell Brody how she feels for him along with the BIG secret she hasn't even told he More...
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Jul 02, 2010
Amelia, the pragmatic idealist
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There were several things I liked about this book. I don't think I've ever read a YA story about mermaids (they may be the next vampires, who knows?) so I had nothing to compare this to. Therefore I went in with a pretty open mind and as far as a story about mermaids goes, I liked it. Childs did a good job of creating the mermaid kingdom of Have-No-Idea-How-to-Pronounce, and her mythology backstory was very creative and original.
Childs is also the kind of author who pays attention t More...
Childs is also the kind of author who pays attention t More...
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Jan 03, 2011
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Sep 21, 2011
Mrs. Pam Browning
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A very fun fantasy novel. The main character is a mermaid who is in humanform and attending high school. After all the deep and a little scary books I've been reading... like the Maze Runner, this was a fast and entertaining read. typical girl drama, a girl with a crush and a crazy mistake that leads her tormentor to discover her mermaid secret. I enjoyed the cute fish/sea puns and vocabulary as well as the great description of the undersea world. I would recommend this to my romance reader
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Nov 29, 2011
Michelle
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Lily is a mermaid and the heir to the throne. She must forge a magical bond with her mate before she turns 18 or she will be ineligible to rule. Luckily she has someone picked out, Brody, a human who swims like a fish. If only her irritating neighbor, Quince, would stop messing up her plans to talk to Brody. [return][return]I liked the concept for this book, but Lily was so irritating I could hardly finish it. When things go wrong, she is almost hysterically focused on being able to solve h
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Mar 09, 2011
Reading Vacation's Mom
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I have always liked mermaids because they are magical and so graceful in the water. They even live in beautifully enchanted under-water lands that humans can only imagine. There’s no doubt about it, mermaids are cool.
Before I start talking about the story, I have to point out the stunning cover. The ocean blues and the fancy font drew me in immediately. So pretty.
Lily makes a wonderful main character. She is not perfect by any means and she is naïve to her feelings about the boy she s More...
I have always liked mermaids because they are magical and so graceful in the water. They even live in beautifully enchanted under-water lands that humans can only imagine. There’s no doubt about it, mermaids are cool.
Before I start talking about the story, I have to point out the stunning cover. The ocean blues and the fancy font drew me in immediately. So pretty.
Lily makes a wonderful main character. She is not perfect by any means and she is naïve to her feelings about the boy she s More...
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Apr 11, 2011
Meredith
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I loved this book! I stayed up hours reading it! Forgive my fins is just one of those delicious books you never want to put down. Yes it's chic- lit, but well- written chic-lit, and that's what matters. It was very cute and the characters were beautifully developed. I can't wait to meet Tera Lynn Childs in April and get her to sign my book. I can't wait for the second one!
-Meredith
-Meredith
Nov 19, 2011
Cal {Heather}
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This book is what it is and doesn't try to be anything else. It is, at heart, a summer beach read about a teenage mermaid living on land, falling in love, and getting in trouble. It's not trying to be the next great novel or serious literature. It's light-hearted and a bit shallow in places, but it's a good read, which is helpful.
Lily is a mermaid princess, whose mother was human. After finding this out, Lily goes to live with her mother's sister for awhile. There, Lily falls in love w More...
Lily is a mermaid princess, whose mother was human. After finding this out, Lily goes to live with her mother's sister for awhile. There, Lily falls in love w More...
Nov 02, 2011
Jessi
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OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5
My thoughts:
While I hate chick flicks, I adore Disney movies. And this book is definitely Disney material. It's like the Little Mermaid meets the Ugly Truth (if you haven't seen it, you should watch it).
Lily has been "in love" - and I quote because it's really more of obsession - with Brody for 3 years. They have a passing conversation here and there but for the most More...
OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5
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While I hate chick flicks, I adore Disney movies. And this book is definitely Disney material. It's like the Little Mermaid meets the Ugly Truth (if you haven't seen it, you should watch it).
Lily has been "in love" - and I quote because it's really more of obsession - with Brody for 3 years. They have a passing conversation here and there but for the most More...
Oct 30, 2011
Gale
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Okay, so what made me read this book in the first place was the title - It's funny. And, apparently, the book is too. In a good way. Cover is GORGEOUS. Plot is somewhat sensible. Imagery is, in places, the worst. Characters are, at times, extremely annoying. Forgive my Fins just proves how much some people are idiotic who wait for years to confess their feelings which takes a whole lot of unnecessary drama, stupidity, sacrifices and bad decisions to do so. Take Lily for example. Almost four year
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Oct 16, 2011
Suzy
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I loved this book! I felt this book met many of the rules for fantasy. Lily is a mermaid and with her first kiss to a boy she becomes bonded with him and he is her mate for life. She is the Princess of the kingdom Thalassinian. The kingdom under the sea is described in great detail and can be pictured well. Lots of blues and greens, beautiful coral and fish. It sounded very beautiful and if a place like this really existed I would want to go there. The story is very imaginative but logical. The
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Sep 23, 2011
Shannon
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I’d read about the book Forgive My Fins, by Tera Lynn Childs in the past and thought it sounded like a cute story. I finally got around to reading it and discovered what a unique and fun read it was.
Lily, short for Waterlily, Sanderson is a half-mermaid princess of the underwater kingdom of Thalassinia. But for the past three years, she has been living on land with her Aunt Rachel, trying to get in touch with her human side. And also for these three years, she’s been in love with Brody More...
Lily, short for Waterlily, Sanderson is a half-mermaid princess of the underwater kingdom of Thalassinia. But for the past three years, she has been living on land with her Aunt Rachel, trying to get in touch with her human side. And also for these three years, she’s been in love with Brody More...
Aug 31, 2011
Claire
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Ever since I first came across a synopsis of Forgive my Fins, I'd been dying to read it, so when I could never seem to find it in any book store, I was so dissapointed. But now that I've finally read it (I won it in a contest!), I definitly think that it was well worth the wait, because it was fantastic!
I've always loved mermaids (when I was little, whenever anyone would ask what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would always answer that I wanted to be a mermaid lol), but I've found t More...
I've always loved mermaids (when I was little, whenever anyone would ask what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would always answer that I wanted to be a mermaid lol), but I've found t More...
Aug 27, 2011
Sumando Libros
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Seré clara y directa: No me gusto.
Hace un tiempo lei a esta autora, no es que pensara que fuera lo maximo, pero sus historias me gustaron (Oh.My.Gods. y Goddess boot Camp) así que averigue si tenia mas libros y sí!, si que los tiene.
Lastimosamente en este, todo me parecio muy color rosa, muy femenino, muy suave, muy light, muy lindo, muy ^^ . La historia en sí es previsible, incluso hay partes en las que me dieron ganas de sacudir a la protagonista y hacerl More...
Seré clara y directa: No me gusto.
Hace un tiempo lei a esta autora, no es que pensara que fuera lo maximo, pero sus historias me gustaron (Oh.My.Gods. y Goddess boot Camp) así que averigue si tenia mas libros y sí!, si que los tiene.
Lastimosamente en este, todo me parecio muy color rosa, muy femenino, muy suave, muy light, muy lindo, muy ^^ . La historia en sí es previsible, incluso hay partes en las que me dieron ganas de sacudir a la protagonista y hacerl More...
Aug 18, 2011
Cicely
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This book reaches new levels of cute. I'm not even kidding, it's adorable. If you're thinking it's just going to be a paranormal (though you shouldn't because of the prettyful cover) then you're so wrong. It's just about a normal girl in a normal high school except she's a mermaid... And that if she kisses a boy she'll get a special mermaid bond with them and they'll be mermates, like, forever... Yeah.
Lily was so cute! She was really sweet, and kind of naive. I mean, she could More...
Lily was so cute! She was really sweet, and kind of naive. I mean, she could More...
Aug 17, 2011
Bibliojunkies
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Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but for Lily Sanderson, there’s no such thing as a simple crush.
Lily has a secret, and it’s not her huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid—she’s a Thalassinian princess. When she discovered three years ago that her mother was actually a human, Li More...
Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but for Lily Sanderson, there’s no such thing as a simple crush.
Lily has a secret, and it’s not her huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid—she’s a Thalassinian princess. When she discovered three years ago that her mother was actually a human, Li More...
Aug 10, 2011
Jessica
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Never judge a book by its cover. The cover looked pretty nice, the story, however, was rather the complete opposite.
Sure, this would be great for 13-14 year old girls, but the main character being 17? I'd expect a little more depth to her.
The whole book was really typical - it was so obvious what was going to happen. Of course they would have to be bonded, not by choice. Of course they would have to spend two days on a deserted island, an go through tests that would test th More...
Sure, this would be great for 13-14 year old girls, but the main character being 17? I'd expect a little more depth to her.
The whole book was really typical - it was so obvious what was going to happen. Of course they would have to be bonded, not by choice. Of course they would have to spend two days on a deserted island, an go through tests that would test th More...
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Jul 04, 2011
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I am still making my mind up about mermaid books and whether they are something l want to read more often or not so when l picked up Forgive My Fins l was a bit unsure. Within the first chapter l knew l was going to enjoy this book.
If l was to sum up Forgive My Fins up in two words it would be quirky and fun. Yes it also has a lot of romance in but the strong More...
Make sure you check out my interview with Tera - http://www.booksforcompany.com/2011/07/a...
I am still making my mind up about mermaid books and whether they are something l want to read more often or not so when l picked up Forgive My Fins l was a bit unsure. Within the first chapter l knew l was going to enjoy this book.
If l was to sum up Forgive My Fins up in two words it would be quirky and fun. Yes it also has a lot of romance in but the strong More...
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