Rising - Holly Kelly

I have become really bad about waiting forever after I read a book to blog about it.  I'm sorry.  Real life has been getting in the way of my fictional fantasy worlds.  Anyway, I read this book because it was the book of the month for April in my Goodreads group hosted by the wonderful people of Clean Teen Publishing.  Each month, they pick a FREE book from the CTP authors and everyone discusses the book, like in a regular book club.  If you haven't checked it out, you should definitely join the Goodreads group.  There are some great people who participate.  You can find the group here:  https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/97251-clean-teen-publishing

Obviously from looking at the cover, Rising is about mermaids (well actually mermaid-like creatures called Dagonians).  I've never been a big fan of the whole mermaid craze, but this book is pretty interesting.  It follows a "handicapped" girl through her journey to discover that her handicap really isn't what she believes it is.  Enter hot Dagonian.  It seems like every book I have read recently has a swoon-worthy male character, and this book is no exception.  If I wasn't so afraid of water, I would dive in the ocean in search of this hunky fish boy.

I like Holly Kelly's writing style.  She made me interested in a topic that I have never been interested in.  I loved how there was some mythology mixed in with the mermaid tale (pun totally intended).  I am fascinated by mythology so I was thoroughly engrossed in the story.

The only thing I really did not enjoy is that this was yet another story of boy and girl falling in love too fast.  I would love to read a series where the leading characters did not fall in love instantly or within a few weeks.  However, I am not holding that against the author or this book.  I know that in our book boyfriend fantasy worlds, we all dream of that hottie leading man sweeping us off our feet and having love at first sight (or if you are a male reading this, maybe you dream of finding that perfect girl and having a fairytale romance).

All in all, I did enjoy this book.  With the action at the end of the book and the knowledge that Triton gained, I am curious as to where the story will go in the future.  What can I say?  I'm a sucker for series books.