By
Kelly Bridgewater
Synopsis:
Mallory’s mother died fifteen
years ago. But her father’s last words on the phone were unmistakable: “Find .
. . mother.”
Shame
and confusion have kept Mallory Davis from her home for the last fifteen years,
but when her dad mysteriously dies on his mail boat route, she doesn’t have any
choice but to go back to Mermaid Point.
Mallory
believes her father was murdered and childhood sweetheart Kevin O’Connor, game
warden in Downeast Maine, confirms her suspicions. But Kevin is wary of helping
Mallory in her search. She broke his heart—and left—without a word, years ago.
When
Mallory begins receiving threats on her own life—and her beloved teenage
daughter, Haylie—their search intensifies. There’s a tangled web within the
supposed murder, and it involves much more than what meets the eye.
As answers begin to fall into place, Mallory realizes her search
is about more than finding her father’s killer—it is also about finding herself
again . . . and possibly about healing what was broken so long ago with Kevin.
She just has to stay alive long enough to put all the pieces together.
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My Thoughts:
I
have read a good bunch of Colleen Coble’s writing, so I know what to expect when
I approach any of her romantic suspense. For the most part, I truly enjoy her
unique stories with their unique settings. Not one of her series really ever
takes place in the same town, which I truly enjoy. As for Coble’s second
installment in her A Sunset Cove Novel series with Mermaid Moon, I enjoyed the mystery.
I
enjoy stories in series that bring back characters that I have come to know and
enjoy spending time with in earlier books. In the first book in this series,
The Inn at Ocean’s Edge, I got to understand and empathize with Claire. She
comes back in this second book and is a friend of our newest heroine Mallory. A
great way for a writer to keep my attention is to bring back familiar
characters and have them interact with the new characters.
As
for the conflict and romance, it wasn’t such a high demand for suspense or
mystery. The romance plays a huge part of the story with a little bit of
suspense thrown in to keep the reader’s guessing. Following the normal protocol
for a romance book, I was pretty sure that Mallory and Kevin would overcome the
struggles that kept them apart and find a way to move onto their future
together. Totally predictable. On the other hand, the suspense part got vamped
up in the last fifty pages of the book and kept me turning the pages, wanting
to understand the reasoning behind the bad person’s actions. Totally a unique
idea. Really liked it.
As
for the writing, Coble does an excellent job at describing and inviting her
readers into the setting with her use of imagery and descriptive words. I
really felt like I have gone back and visited a favorite family vacation spot that
I can’t wait to return to every summer. The even amount of prose and dialogue
keeps the story moving at a quick pace, allowing me to flip through the story
pretty rapidly. I really had a hard time putting down the book.
True
to a great mystery, Colleen Coble latest mystery, Mermaid Moon, kept my
attention as the sparks and danger flew across the pages, inviting me to return
once more to Sunset Cove. I really can’t wait for the next book to come out.
I received a complimentary copy of Mermaid Moon from Thomas Nelson Publishing and the opinions stated are all my own.
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Mermaid Moon
My Review: 4 out of 5
stars
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