Review: Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

Lullaby

By: Amanda Hocking

Series: Watersong Series

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Length: 290 pages

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Don't miss the next chapter of Watersong, a bold new series that will enchant you, entrance you, and hold you captive under its spell

Now that Gemma Fisher has inherited Penn, Lexi, and Thea's curse - and all the strange new powers that come along with it - she has no choice but to run away with them. Devastated that she has to leave everyone she loves behind, she's still determined not to give in to the unspeakable hungers that plague her.

Unfortunately, they're growing stronger every day, and she's not sure how much longer she can resist.

Harper won't give up on finding her sister Gemma, vowing to get her back no matter what the cost. The search draws her closer to too-gorgeous-for-his-own-good Daniel, and tests her fiercely guarded independence like never before. She's always been the strong one who everyone else depends on.... Can she let herself depend on Daniel?

As Gemma and Harper plunge deeper into a magical world they barely understand, it becomes painfully clear that Gemma's old life may be lost forever. But can she still hold on to her humanity?

My Review:

Rating:

Lullaby starts off right where Wake ended, Gemma has run away with the sirens and Harper will stop at nothing to find her sister. It's only been a couple days and the fallout from Gemma's disappearance can be felt throughout the Fisher household; even Alex the boy next door is desperate to locate Gemma. 

While Alex, Harper and Daniel are investigating the mystical girls that Gemma ran off with, Gemma is struggling just to survive among these new and unusual creatures. Gemma has found herself in quite the pickle; she is sick and her hair is falling out. Can she hold onto her humanity when she is tested at every turn? Will the darkness inside win? 

Amanda Hocking is an excellent author and she weaves together an amazing story, however just like with Wake I struggled to get into the book. While it may not be the writing or even the story itself that is holding me back, it could very well be the fact that I have always struggled with mermaid novels/series. I must say this is the first series that I intend to finish, there are too many unanswered questions.

I must know can Harper and Gemma break the curse? And what is so special about Daniel? Why can he resist the lure of the sirens? 

Harper and Gemma have quite the sisterly bond as well. How do they know when the other is in trouble? What magic do they possess? 

So many questions and I intend to find the answers. Before I may not have finished the series, but with so many burning questions I must see where the story ends. Will the sisters get there happy ending? Or will Gemma remain cursed to swim the oceans with the sirens?

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