Indie Love Blog Hop: Tangled Tides

Title: Tangled Tides (The Sea Monsters Memoirs #1)

Author: Karen Amanda Hooper

Genre:  YA, fantasy 

Publisher:  Starry Sky Publishing 

Publish Date:  October 14th 2013

Pages:  kindle: 290 

ISBN:  0985589965 

Obtained:  Bought from Amazon

Synopsis: (obtained from goodreads)

Yara Jones doesn't believe in sea monsters--until she becomes one.

When a hurricane hits her island home and she wakes up with fins, Yara finds herself tangled up in an underwater world of mysterious merfolk and secretive selkies. Both sides believe Yara can save them by fulfilling a broken promise and opening the sealed gateway to their realm, but they are battling over how it should be done. The selkies want to take her life. The merfolk want something far more precious.

Treygan, the stormy-eyed merman who turned Yara mer, will stop at nothing and sacrifice everything to protect his people--until he falls for Yara. The tides turn as Yara fights to save herself, hundreds of sea creatures, and the merman who has her heart. She could lose her soul in the process--or she might open the gateway to a love that's deeper than the oceans 

I'm not entirely sure if this book counts as indie. And if I'm wrong please forgive me for misunderstand the definition of indie. That said I read this book recently and I think it fits for the Indie Blog Hop.

The main character of this book is a girl named Yara who finds out that she's actually a mermaid. Not new ground there of course but what is interesting in new is the world building behind the mermaids and other races in the story. The history and culture are equally fascinating for the other species in this book.

Seriously the story does well when including other magical species besides mermaids. I don't see many books having gorgons as characters, much less likeable ones. Besides awesome world building I love the overall story and the characters.

I highly recommend this book and am looking into reading more by the author.

RATEING: 10 out of 10