GODDESS OF THE SEA by P.C. Cast

I know, I know, I haven’t put a review out there in a while.  Shame on me!

 

Truth be told, I am trying to get through a book.  I’m reading A Game of Thrones for my Reading Challenge, and I like the book, but its 833 pages of small print, and I have been a very busy woman lately.  Therefore, no book, no review.  That didn’t seem very fair to me, so I went and I reached down in the depth of my old book logs to get you a review. 

 

Without further ado...

GODDESS OF THE SEA by P.C. Cast

Book 1 in the Goddess Series

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

 

On the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, alone in her apartment, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady wished for one thing: a little magic in her life. After drinking way too much champagne, she performed, of all crazy things, a goddess-summoning ritual, hoping that it would somehow make her life a little less ordinary...but she never believed the spell would actually work.

When her military plane crashes into the ocean, CC's mission overseas takes an unexpected turn. She awakens to find herself in a legendary time and place where magic rules the land—occupying the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But there is danger in the waters and the goddess Gaea turns this modern, military gal into a beautiful damsel so that she can seek shelter on land.

CC is soon rescued (literally) by a knight in shining armor. She should be falling in love with this dream-come-true, but instead she aches for the sea and Dylan, the sexy merman who has stolen her heart.

 

 

MY REVIEW

4 out of 5 *Stars*

 

I know, you see P.C. Cast, and your thoughts automatically go to her House of Night series.  There were so many of them after all.  Except, for this book you have to go back even farther.  It’s not a YA book like the HON, but at times there was a certain YA feel to it. 

 

I chose this book to give to you now because it was the first book I ever read that dipped so heavily into the fantasy world.  Plus, my shifter experience had only reached as far as wolves.  Try mermaids!

 

This book had me captivated from the very beginning.  I had never dreamed about worlds of mermen, let alone falling in love with one.  Well, okay.  There was The Little Mermaid, but that doesn’t count.  Take our beloved Disney movie and turn it into an explicit version with a catchy storyline.

 

The imagination was incredible.  There was a villain, a conflict that I had no idea how it would be solved, and intriguing characters.  Then there were the love scenes… Umm… Those were a little different.  I do have to say that this is still the only book that I’ve read that had shifted love scenes, “shifted” meaning one in human form and one in mermaid form, then vice versa. I had no clue how that would even work, but it did… somehow.  I remember that at the time I actually blushed.  Of course, heated romance scenes were still something new to me at the time.  Now that I’m a hardened reader of the lustful world, I wonder if it would still have the same effect.  It takes a lot to get me to blush anymore. 

 

Then after all the turmoil and romance and indecision, you just don’t see how there is any way for the conflict to be resolved successfully.  Well, hold on to your hats because I didn’t even see it coming.  Read it to know what I’m talking about. 

 

Ok, I have to be fair to you, so I’m going to be completely honest.  This was years ago that I read it and logged my opinion.  After looking on Goodreads, I can tell you that there is a fair amount of people that don’t agree with my assessment, even if 65% of people agree with me.  I remember the book, but I can guarantee you that there are a few spots that have become fuzzy.  If you knew me and my memory, you would understand.  Back then, I wrote down that it was a 5 star, but because my expectations of books has grown significantly, I’m only giving it a 4.  However, you can bet your ass I’m going to read it again.  When that time comes, I reserve the right to change it back to a 5 if I believe it was as good as I remember.     

 

As always and forever, if you agree or don’t agree, let me know.  I’m ALWAYS open to hearing other people’s thoughts and opinions.

 

 

Happy Reading, Everyone!

 

Till next time…