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The Water Nymph by Alysun Sanders

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The Water Nymph is a story about Cort, a teenager dealing with the loss of his father and his brother. Feeling personally responsible for his brother's death and sometimes wishing it had been him instead, Cort keeps to himself and holds in his feelings about his brother.

The story of his inner struggle would have been a good story in itself, but Alysun Sanders takes it a step futher when a mysterious Water Nymph comes into the picture.

Visiting Greece with his mother and sister, Cort is almost drowned when a girl with golden eyes pulls him to the bottom of a lake to get a good look at him. Cort finds himself unable to forget her and later becomes attracted to a new girl in school who reminds him of the nymph he believes he dreamed up in Greece when he was drowning. The girl, Echo, and another girl, Sephie, finally draw him out of his shell. But all is not as it seems and soon Cort finds himself caught up in a battle between good and evil where ancient myths come to life in suprising ways.

Some of the things I most enjoyed about this book include the realistic and often humorous scenes bewteen Cort and his sister, the way Cort sees his 'uncle' as a good match for his mother and keeps nudging him to go for it, and of course all the surprises along the way. I found the book easy to read, well written, organized and of course highly enjoyable.

This book is appropriate for teenagers and up, but a mature middle schooler might enjoy it as well. Very well done.

I can't wait to see what happens in the next installment.



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