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Zerrin:
Zerrin: (Smitten, Bitten, Hidden) A three part young adult, fantasy fiction novel by Patria L. Dunn (Patria Dunn-Rowe)
Waterville, Maine is exactly where Alana Cassidy never expected to end up. Just across the river from Winslow, the town she grew up in, it is where she is now forced to call home. Placed in a horrible foster home, with equally horrible foster parents, the death of her mother and father five years ago was only the beginning of the nightmare her life has become.
Jonas of Altonia: former guard of the King’s court, banned from his home, injured and dying he waited out his fate, hidden under a forgotten dock deep in the woods behind the Pernickle’s farm. He hadn’t wanted to be saved, but she’d heard his song, planting a seed that took root the second she dragged him free of what would have been a fresh water grave.
With just a bite and a merman's tear, a whole new life awaits Alana Cassidy if she wants it. Never as simple as it seems, she contends with the pain of leaving her foster siblings she's grown to love behind, or staying and living with the wrath and abuse of her soon to be legal parents. Her own parents wouldn't have wanted this life for her, and with Jonas's help, she is starting to realize that in her grief, she'd forgotten how to live.
Waterville, Maine is exactly where Alana Cassidy never expected to end up. Just across the river from Winslow, the town she grew up in, it is where she is now forced to call home. Placed in a horrible foster home, with equally horrible foster parents, the death of her mother and father five years ago was only the beginning of the nightmare her life has become.
Jonas of Altonia: former guard of the King’s court, banned from his home, injured and dying he waited out his fate, hidden under a forgotten dock deep in the woods behind the Pernickle’s farm. He hadn’t wanted to be saved, but she’d heard his song, planting a seed that took root the second she dragged him free of what would have been a fresh water grave.
With just a bite and a merman's tear, a whole new life awaits Alana Cassidy if she wants it. Never as simple as it seems, she contends with the pain of leaving her foster siblings she's grown to love behind, or staying and living with the wrath and abuse of her soon to be legal parents. Her own parents wouldn't have wanted this life for her, and with Jonas's help, she is starting to realize that in her grief, she'd forgotten how to live.
445 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 22, 2012
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September 16, 2013
This one leans more towards three and a half for me, although there is some great stuff in here. Books 1 and two are both well done, paced well, and full of great characters, although some of them do a fall a little flat. It's the third part that is soggy so to speak. I felt like it dragged and that a lot of the content could have been edited out pretty easily. It does however pick up in the final pages. The twist ending is perfectly built up, and you don't even realize it until you get there. The mythos is pretty cool, and the unique take on the essence adds a unique element.
The first book is definitely the best part, but definitely worth the read.
The first book is definitely the best part, but definitely worth the read.
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