Verona is a bottom feeder. She is the one mer in her clan who is considered the ugliest and least intelligent. Growing up with the constant bullying and abuse wasn’t the worst of what her kind had in store for her. At seventeen years old, she must now endure “The Reckoning.” The scales will measure her worth to her clan. Will she endure thirty days as a land-walker to gather information and knowledge to appease her clan and return a valued member? Will she wait three years, until she is twenty, and find a mer of her kind to accept her and marry her? Or will she suffer exile for the rest of her life? Genre: YA
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My Thoughts:
Scales was an interesting look at what it might be like to see the world from
the eyes of a mermaid. I liked the plot of the story and was curious as to how
it would turn out.
Though Verona never
spoke to a Land Walker, it felt as though she got to know Betty. I think Verona
learned a lot just from her observations of the people on land.
While the plot
twists added excitement and danger to the story, I found some of the plot
points to be a little bit predictable. Once I saw that Bailey was helping her,
I suspected what might be going to happen. Nevertheless, it did not take away
from the enjoyment of reading the book.
I saw a lot of
growth in Verona’s character throughout the novelette. While others of her clan
may have gotten educated in school, she was learning huge life lessons about
survival. I liked her quite a bit. I felt she was quite sweet, though perhaps a
bit naïve. Bailey on the other hand seemed to be quite snippy, but I think it
was more a way to hide his real feelings. And when he wasn’t snippy with her,
he wouldn’t speak. The one who truly seemed dangerous was Brandeeb.
Since this is the
first book in a series, there are obviously plot points which are not resolved
by the end of the book. Scales almost
feels like an introduction or a prequel to the first novel of the series. I am
looking forward to the release of the next book to see what trouble it brings
to Verona. I very much enjoyed Scales
and rated it 4 stars out of 5.
Thank you to the
publishers for providing the book in exchange for a fair and honest review. A
positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.
Pauline Creeden
Pauline Creeden is a horse trainer from Virginia, but writing is her therapy. In her fiction, she creates worlds that are both familiar and strange, often pulling the veil between dimensions. She becomes the main character in each of her stories, and because she has ADD, she will get bored if she pretends to be one person for too long.
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