So. *ahem* I suck. *sighs* Yeah, this last few weeks has been rough. I have just been so unmotivated. But I’m gonna do this now. So here goes.
I read Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant this week. I love Ms. Grant by the way. She’s one of my favorite authors and her books never fail to make you smile, cry, and cringe in terror. And Into the Drowning Deep did not disappoint. Her series Newsflesh is one that made me question everything I ever knew about zombies. If you haven’t read those, I definitely recommend them as they bring a unique view to zombies and apocalyptic end times that I think is wonderful.
In this book, Ms. Grant takes on the ocean and some of its amazing mysteries. In the book, we follow different characters as they take a cruise thru the Marianas Trench in search to the age old question: do mermaids exist?. Imagine Entertainment needs ratings. They NEED to find out that something legend is fact. So they create a mockumentary in search for the elusive myth of women who have tails instead of legs, who sing instead of speak and who lure sailors to their deaths for fun. In truth, this is the second cruise that was taken for discovery. The first crew didn’t make it back unfortunately. That’s why it’s so important that they discover something this time. Their reputation is in tatters and instead of finding mermaids, the network was accused of creating a hoax in the name of good television. So this trip is imperative to bringing them back to being a legitimate network.
That is the simplified version of what this book is about. But in actuality, it’s so much more. Tory is the sister of one of the original cruise who disappeared all those years ago and she’s made it her life’s work to locate those bitches who pulled her sister to her death. I mean it. She legit became a marine biologist to be able to find those monsters who dragged her sister to a watery grave. She signs up for the second cruise and while out at sea, the monsters attack. Instead of beautiful women who have nice racks and flippy tails, they find sharp-teethed beings that are a lot smarter than most people think.
I have a confession to make. Again. I am not really a mermaid fan. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I love seeing pictures of mermaids. I have watched The Little Mermaid but I’m not really an Ariel fan. I’ve been to the ocean since I live in South Carolina and it doesn’t really hold an appeal to me. But I loved the sirens in this book. They were bad-ass and they knew how to really wreck up a body count. Tory was one of my favorites of the book, as well as Dr. Jillian who was along for the ride to prove that her job as a sirenologist was actually not a waste of student loans. It was very suspenseful and kept me completely entertained.
out of 5 stars
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