Forgive my Fins - Tera Lynn Childs

Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but when you’re half human, half mermaid like Lily, there’s no such thing as a simple crush. 

Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid – she’s a Thalassinian princess. When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been living on land and going to Seaview high school ever since, hoping to find where she truly belongs. Sure, land has its problems – like her obnoxious, biker boy neighbor Quince Fletcher – but it has that one major perk – Brody. The problem is, mermaids aren’t really the casual dating type – when they “bond,” it’s for life. 

When Lily’s attempt to win Brody’s love leads to a tsunami-sized case of mistaken identity, she is in for a tidal wave of relationship drama, and she finds out, quick as a tailfin flick, that happily-ever-after never sails quite as smoothly as you planned.




My favorite thing about this book was the characters, their personalities were so strong and likable, especially Lily and Quince, their relationship is very funny and they both appear to hate each other.


Unsuspected circumstance tie Quince and Lily together, sending them on a journey through the sea to an underwater kingdom   which is beautifully described and imaginative.


Lily annoyed me at the beginning with her obsession with Brody, whom she hardly knows and the story was a bit too light and simple. It was quite predictable and although mermaids and supernatural creatures were involved, it seemed to be more of a teen high-school romance, the only difference is that it's set under the sea.  
The book left on a cliffhanger leading up to the sequel, Fins Forever, from the ending, the second book looks better, filled with more danger as well as romance, which is always a good combo.


Overall, this is one of my top mermaid books, there is nothing wrong with a light, funny, supernatural story and i'll be sure to read the sequel, deeper and darker than the first. ( i hope)


Tera Lynn Childs is brilliant as writing good fun y.a fiction, even if she seems to keep on the good side of things, her other book Oh My Gods was equally as good, if not a bit too similar to the Percy Jackson Series.