Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, Book 1) | MaryJanice Davidson

Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, Book 1) | MaryJanice Davidson | Disappointing; I'll stick with MJD's "Undead" series

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	Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, Book 1) MaryJanice Davidson Jove, 2006 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 72 reviews view larger image
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Fred is not your ordinary mermaid. She's not blonde. She's not buxom. And she's definitely not perky. In fact, Fred can be downright cranky. And it doesn't help matters that her hair is blue. While volunteering at the New England Aquarium, Fred learns that there are weird levels of toxins in the local seawater. A gorgeous marine biologist wants her help investigating. So does her merperson ruler, the High Prince of the Black Sea. You'd think it would be easy for a mermaid to get to the bottom of things. Think again.

Hi Fred, nice to meet you.

This book is about a human/mermaid hybrid named Fredrika Bimm, but she likes to be called Fred. She works for the New England Aquarium and meets a new employee that is there to study the water in the Boston harbor and they (along with the Prince of the Black Sea) discover that the water is being polluted by very high levels of human waste. It's up to the three of them to find out where the mess is coming from and stop the person behind it.

But this is not as easy as you would think. Between the new water fellow, (a guy named Thomas) and the Prince (a guy named Artur), Fred has her hands full, since they both like her and have let her know it. Hell, the Prince is from the same kingdom that Fred's biological father is from and he would like to take Fred back with him ans make her into a Princess. Fred more or less doesn't want to hear any of this and just wants to find out who's poisoning the harbor and make them stop. Thus she repeatedly ignore both of them and their advances. That doesn't mean that she won't kiss them at least once.

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Disappointing; I'll stick with MJD's "Undead" series

I decided to try "Sleeping with Fishes" after finishing (and loving!) the first book in MJD's "Undead" series. "Fishes" was disappointing in comparison. The story was rushed, half-formed, and poorly executed, and Fred was not nearly as likeable as "Undead"'s Betsy. In fact, she was downright irritating. On the plus side, the zaniness of "Fishes" was similar to that of many Christopher Moore novels, so fans of his might find something to like here. I also have to wonder how "Fishes" is classified (per the spine) as a romance novel. There's no more romance here than there is in any of Moore's books. I guess because MJD is female and therefore gets unjustifiably and inappropriately pigeonholed... but going down that road is for another day. So anyway, while "Fishes" was a quick and somewhat fun read, I'll stick with the "Undead" series from now on.

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