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Well this was the book to get me out of my reading slump. I started Updrift and found it beyond difficult to ever put it down.

Other than Han's Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid, I haven't ventured much into the waters of siren mythology. So I found the modern take on the folklore of Updrift to be fascinating and refreshing.

The romance here is spot on. I found myself riding the waves of sexual tension with pleasure. And the intrigue kept me turning pages far into the night.

Beautifully written, Updrift has been one of my favorite reads this year and my hands are itching for the sequel.


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Updrift The Mer Chronicles Errin Stevens 9780692544082 Books Reviews

Full disclosure here I read this book because I know the writer and wouldn't have read it otherwise since I don't read romance. That said, it's really, really well done. I ate the thing whole in like two days, which is fast for me. Great story, relationship was funny and cute and hot... and I actually teared up over the epilogue - don't tell anyone!

I only gave this four stars because I don't read romance. But this is a terrific story.
Fantastic book! Not my usual genre, (I don't normally read romance. I love mermaid stories!) But it was very, very well written, with captivating characters that I could really get to know and love! The chemistry between Gabe and Kate was beautiful. Unlike most love stories, I found their romance completely believable and realistic. I loved the way they treated eachother and all the twists Peter put into the story. I cannot wait to read the sequel! Errin Stevens is a fin-tastic writer! )
I have become a big fan of Errin's writing and work. I love books, and reading Updrift was exactly what I wanted...took me by the hand and lead me to a new world that was (incredibly) believable. As far as paranormal writing has appealed to me, the only thing I have taken from the Twilight series is the MUSE music from the films. The writing did not impress me.... at all. Stevens is a stellar writer to the point that I underlined several sentences or passages to look back on, which is always a good sign!
At first, I felt like Kate's upbringing just sort of flew by, but as I got further into the story, I realized that the solid writing showed me all I needed to know to get a feel for her and her mother, and their relationship. Once I was about a third of the way through, I couldn't put it down. This is a great young adult and adult gift book to give, especially because the story is well done and continues in a series.
I will read anything by Stevens. She is that good.
This story was beautiful! I was immediately intrigued by the "dolphin" at the beginning of the story and the mysterious family Kate met on the beach. Character development was wonderful, considering Kate and Gabe were 6 years old at the beginning of the book and adults at its conclusion. Errin's writing style is GORGEOUS, and the very last page made me cry. If you love mermaids, sirens, and mermen, GO BUY THIS BOOK!
So, this book starts slow... Like ridiculously slow. Like so much so that I kind of stopped reading it in favor of other books like 3 times during the first 10 chapters. Now that sounds harsh but see here is the thing, somewhere around the end of part 1 beginning of part 2 that slow tone completely changes and this turns into a really exciting and interesting read.
I won't lie to you, I wanted to like this book from the beginning. I am one of those little girls that never recovered from her first viewing of Disney's The Little Mermaid. I have pretty much been obsessed with the idea of beautiful colorful Mer-people swimming around in the ocean somewhere for as long as I can remember. Admittedly this probably gave me pretty high expectations going in. Knowing this I tried really hard to give Updrift the benefit of the doubt all through part one. All through the seemingly endless backstory of Kate Sweetings life with her mother Cara. The tireless ways that she filled her time, first as a child with a sad mom and a couple of nice best friends and then as a teenager forced to spend way too much time on school and work and none on social interactions in a weird push from her parental figures that Kate never questioned even when she expressed mild distain for it. The author took the idea of telling one story to set up another a little too far if you ask me. I honestly think I could have had the entire part one of this book summed up in 2-3 chapters and been totally happy and invested enough in the characters to add context to the next parts of the story. Also I probably could have done without anything Will and Dana related, not that they were terrible uninteresting characters just that they seemed kind of pointless... like filler in a book that needed absolutely no help with additional content.
HOWEVER. I really need to emphasis this, by the time part one ended and part two began I was hooked by this book.
I mean really I can kind of pinpoint the moment that turned it around for me. It was when Gabe pulls Kate into the water and begins the swim to Shaddox. From that first instant, when she screams his name out at the sea without even knowing why, I knew I couldn't turn away from this book.
I loved every single fantastical element of this book. I loved the way the author played with Mermaid/Siren lore and myth. I loved the colorful description and the way the reader was truly drawn into the experiences of swimming with these creatures and seeing them in their natural habitat. I LOVED the villain of this story. I loved the way he was introduced (which admittedly was in that slow part one of the story that I talked of and I thought pretty much nothing of it at the time) I loved his backstory and the overall themes of the importance of family that permeates this entire story.
Really it's kind of surreal how much I loved the last two parts of this book in comparison to my feelings over the beginning. What makes it even weirder for me is that I totally see what the author was trying to do by giving us so many details up front (many of which come back up in one way or another later on). I can see that she wanted you to know and care about these people before things started moving fast and getting intense. I respect the storytelling abilities of the author, this is easily one of the most well developed books I have read in a really long time.
I think in the end I have to say that I enjoyed this book because anything else would be untrue. I may have been a bit less than enthused in the beginning but really the moment that switch flipped I was definitely 100% in and by the last page I was totally experiencing all the feels this wild ride of a story wanted to make me feel.
In fact I have already began trying to find other people to read this one because I feel like I need someone to talk about it with...if that doesn't mean it was a good book I don't know what does.
Updrift is a very good writing, especially for those interested in paranormal romances. I found it much more enjoyable than that other, very well-known, trilogy. It reads quickly and keeps its audience in a state of suspense that often made it difficult to put down. The romance between Gabe and Kate is fresh, free, beautiful, and believable.

I became uncomfortable as the story progressed with the interdict against working mothers that permeates the narrative, however. Throughout the novel, various female characters are shown giving up all other ambitions to stay home. Readers are also shown the effects of living otherwise in the way Will and Peter both react to their wife and mother, respectively, choosing to have careers. With the many reptitions of this pattern, I found the story to be seeking to edify me on a decidedly singular way of life, which distracted me from the overall storyline.
Well this was the book to get me out of my reading slump. I started Updrift and found it beyond difficult to ever put it down.

Other than Han's Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid, I haven't ventured much into the waters of siren mythology. So I found the modern take on the folklore of Updrift to be fascinating and refreshing.

The romance here is spot on. I found myself riding the waves of sexual tension with pleasure. And the intrigue kept me turning pages far into the night.

Beautifully written, Updrift has been one of my favorite reads this year and my hands are itching for the sequel.