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The Mermaid Mystery
In a small seaside town, something fishy's going on . . .Tidal Shores, a small seaside town in South Carolina, has seen its fortunes nose-dive. But not for much longer! The 'Big Ten' on the town council have come up with range of ingenious ideas to get tourists flocking back, from buried pirate treasure to beauty pageants, but it's handsome taxidermist Gunner Jones' plan to dupe the public into believing that his creation 'Miss Lucy' - combining the top half of an albino ape with a large goliath tigerfish - is a real mermaid that wins the day.As Gunner's bizarre creature take centre stage, inquisitive reporter Zoe Porter isn't fooled by its supposed credibility, but with mermaid mania sweeping the country, will anyone believe her expos�? And when events take a sinister turn, Zoe is suddenly drawn into a much darker story . . .
224 pages, Hardcover
Published October 1, 2024
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About the author
Tamar Myers
62 books293 followersTamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo). Her parents were missionaries to a tribe which, at that time, were known as headhunters and used human skulls for drinking cups. Hers was the first white family ever to peacefully coexist with the tribe, and Tamar grew up fluent in the local trade language. Because of her pale blue eyes, Tamar’s nickname was Ugly Eyes.
Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey. She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it. Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn’t get out of their way.
In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation. There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed. Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later. By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family’s residence was often in the line of fire. In 1964, after living through three years of war, the family returned to the United States permanently.
Tamar was sixteen when her family settled in America, and she immediately underwent severe culture shock. She didn’t know how to dial a telephone, cross a street at a stoplight, or use a vending machine. She lucked out, however, by meeting her husband, Jeffrey, on her first day in an American high school. They literally bumped heads while he was leaving, and she entering, the Civics classroom.
Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.
Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Pichu in the near future.
Series:
* Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery
* Den of Antiquity Mystery
Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey. She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it. Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn’t get out of their way.
In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation. There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed. Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later. By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family’s residence was often in the line of fire. In 1964, after living through three years of war, the family returned to the United States permanently.
Tamar was sixteen when her family settled in America, and she immediately underwent severe culture shock. She didn’t know how to dial a telephone, cross a street at a stoplight, or use a vending machine. She lucked out, however, by meeting her husband, Jeffrey, on her first day in an American high school. They literally bumped heads while he was leaving, and she entering, the Civics classroom.
Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.
Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Pichu in the near future.
Series:
* Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery
* Den of Antiquity Mystery
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September 8, 2024
Tamar Myers has three mystery series and 40 books to her credit, and I believe this is the first of yet another mystery series.
A local taxidermist, Gunner Jones, subscribes to showman P.T. Barnum’s maxim: “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Gunner’s hoping to capitalize on the public’s gullibility to revitalize backwater Tidal Shores, S.C., by passing off a bonobo-Goliath Tigerfish taxidermy job as a real-life mermaid (something Barnum himself pulled off with his so-called Fiji Mermaid). Charlotte, N.C., reporter Zoe Porter isn’t fooled for a minute, but enough yahoos fall for it to boost tourism.
My sister-in-law adores Myers’ Belgian Congo series, which I have not read. After tackling The Mermaid Mystery, it’s unlikely I ever will. While this novel was OK, I just lost patience with it and abandoned it at the 32 percent mark. Except for Zoe, the characters are ridiculously over the top, and the plot, while not predictable, certainly wasn’t headed toward becoming anything out of the ordinary.
In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Severn House in exchange for an honest review.
A local taxidermist, Gunner Jones, subscribes to showman P.T. Barnum’s maxim: “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Gunner’s hoping to capitalize on the public’s gullibility to revitalize backwater Tidal Shores, S.C., by passing off a bonobo-Goliath Tigerfish taxidermy job as a real-life mermaid (something Barnum himself pulled off with his so-called Fiji Mermaid). Charlotte, N.C., reporter Zoe Porter isn’t fooled for a minute, but enough yahoos fall for it to boost tourism.
My sister-in-law adores Myers’ Belgian Congo series, which I have not read. After tackling The Mermaid Mystery, it’s unlikely I ever will. While this novel was OK, I just lost patience with it and abandoned it at the 32 percent mark. Except for Zoe, the characters are ridiculously over the top, and the plot, while not predictable, certainly wasn’t headed toward becoming anything out of the ordinary.
In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Severn House in exchange for an honest review.
January 10, 2025
This book turned out to be something more than what the title hinted. A somewhat humorous account of a scheme to save a small beach town in South Carolina turned out to really be about our nation and the many issues that our country is grappling with today. Not familiar with this author, this did not become obvious to me until I was about a third of the way through the book. Among the many issues mentioned were: religion, feminism, law enforcement, gay marriage, racism, fake news, the public's gullibility, the anti-intellectual movement, talk shows and so much more. Everything was fair game (no pun intended concerning the role taxidermy played in the story). There was plenty of clever language, sayings and intended puns, but I think the real reason behind writing the book was that Myers simply needed to vent. No solutions to the many problems were seriously offered. The story went from far fetched to the absurd. I finished the book simply because I was curious on how she was going to bring it to a conclusion. It was messy, but it ended.
September 19, 2024
Not a book for me... I read it all, and never really got into it, sorry.
I gave it an extra star for trying to be an original and non mainstream story... congrats!
But, as much as sarcasm is my first language, I found the sarcasm and sardonic wit layered on a little too heavily, even for me. It made it jump all over the place, couldn’t seem to decide on what genre it was and, all in all, seems to have been too “try hard”.
The author is clearly an intelligent and humorous individual... but maybe less is more for this level of humour?
I finished this book still trying to figure out which was the actual point and main thread of the narrative. Was the “mystery” it was toted to be the fact that there isn’t really a solid storyline? Was it meant to be about the mermaid mayhem? The seeming inbred racial elitism of this fictional small town? Or just a literary soapbox to poke fun at American people and their media?
Basically, this book needs a good editor to sit down with the author, find one solid thread and follow it. As right now it seems to consist of a lot of random, tattered threads heavily glued together with far too much “high brow humour”.
I’m clearly not the right reader for this book. Sorry.
I gave it an extra star for trying to be an original and non mainstream story... congrats!
But, as much as sarcasm is my first language, I found the sarcasm and sardonic wit layered on a little too heavily, even for me. It made it jump all over the place, couldn’t seem to decide on what genre it was and, all in all, seems to have been too “try hard”.
The author is clearly an intelligent and humorous individual... but maybe less is more for this level of humour?
I finished this book still trying to figure out which was the actual point and main thread of the narrative. Was the “mystery” it was toted to be the fact that there isn’t really a solid storyline? Was it meant to be about the mermaid mayhem? The seeming inbred racial elitism of this fictional small town? Or just a literary soapbox to poke fun at American people and their media?
Basically, this book needs a good editor to sit down with the author, find one solid thread and follow it. As right now it seems to consist of a lot of random, tattered threads heavily glued together with far too much “high brow humour”.
I’m clearly not the right reader for this book. Sorry.
September 12, 2025
Aaagh!
December 15, 2024
The Mermaid Mystery is the first book by Tamar Myers that I have made an attempt at. I found the beginning grabbing my interest right away. Within a few chapters however I found that there seemed to be very little character development and what there was could by described as stereotypical for the role the writer was trying to cast. Think redneck sheriff or clergy helping themselves to the collection plates. I found the plot hard to follow as the characters would go off an tangents for about a page that had nothing to do with the plot line. Between the main characters constantly referring to their southern upbringing to the rather shallow depths to the characters, I found myself not being able to finish this one.
August 18, 2024
I really don’t know how to feel about this one. While at first I enjoyed the sarcastic southern charm of these overly satirical characters, their banter become over the top and a little annoying as the book progressed. Maybe it was reader error but what I assumed to be a cozy beach mystery surrounding a small town mermaid hoax inspired by the Fiji mermaid turned out to be an exaggerated take on political corruption and fake news.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
October 7, 2024
3.25 stars
What a strange journey this book took me on. It started out easily enough - a small town in South Carolina is still reeling from the aftershocks of the pandemic on their tourism industry. How do they entice visitors to come back to their tiny slice of (rather WASPish) paradise? The local town council members decide to "discover" a fake mermaid on a nearby beach, hoping that the ensuing media frenzy will bring tourism dollars back to their town and line their own scheming pockets.
I found the premise of the story a little silly at the beginning, but as the story continued it stopped being funny and became rather terrifying in its implications. This seemingly glib account of society's willingness to believe in something so unbelievable is actually incredibly astute and honestly scared me more than any horror or thriller novel I've read in recent months. How is it that all these seemingly intelligent, hard-working people are suckered into believing such apparent mythical mermaid hogwash? I guess it just goes to show that when the masses are feeling tired, oppressed, angry and afraid, they are apt to believe just about anything they're told that gives them a sliver of hope for a different future, even if it is patently untrue and visible to the most casual of outside observers. (Not pointing fingers at anywhere in particular right now, I'm just saying...)
While the writing style was fun and deceptively simple, this book really stirred up some difficult feelings in me because of what this whole "mermaid discovery" does to the town, the country, and the world at large. So all I'm saying is be prepared. But if you can handle a rather pointed and insightful commentary on "fake news", media agendas, and pandering to the masses in the strangest of ways, then this would be a pretty good book for you to pick up.
Thanks to NetGalley, author Tamar Myers, and Severn House for providing me with an advance digital readers copy of this book for free to read and review. All opinions are my own and provided voluntarily.
What a strange journey this book took me on. It started out easily enough - a small town in South Carolina is still reeling from the aftershocks of the pandemic on their tourism industry. How do they entice visitors to come back to their tiny slice of (rather WASPish) paradise? The local town council members decide to "discover" a fake mermaid on a nearby beach, hoping that the ensuing media frenzy will bring tourism dollars back to their town and line their own scheming pockets.
I found the premise of the story a little silly at the beginning, but as the story continued it stopped being funny and became rather terrifying in its implications. This seemingly glib account of society's willingness to believe in something so unbelievable is actually incredibly astute and honestly scared me more than any horror or thriller novel I've read in recent months. How is it that all these seemingly intelligent, hard-working people are suckered into believing such apparent mythical mermaid hogwash? I guess it just goes to show that when the masses are feeling tired, oppressed, angry and afraid, they are apt to believe just about anything they're told that gives them a sliver of hope for a different future, even if it is patently untrue and visible to the most casual of outside observers. (Not pointing fingers at anywhere in particular right now, I'm just saying...)
While the writing style was fun and deceptively simple, this book really stirred up some difficult feelings in me because of what this whole "mermaid discovery" does to the town, the country, and the world at large. So all I'm saying is be prepared. But if you can handle a rather pointed and insightful commentary on "fake news", media agendas, and pandering to the masses in the strangest of ways, then this would be a pretty good book for you to pick up.
Thanks to NetGalley, author Tamar Myers, and Severn House for providing me with an advance digital readers copy of this book for free to read and review. All opinions are my own and provided voluntarily.
October 1, 2024
The small coastal South Carolina town of Tidal Shores has a problem. Their few restaurants, shops and motels closed during the pandemic and now don’t have the business to reopen. Tourists have abandoned the town for the glitz of Myrtle Beach. How can Tidal Shores, stuck in an earlier century, make headlines? Handsome taxidermist Gunner Jones has an idea. He has created Miss Lucy, a somewhat seamless blend of an albino ape and a large tigerfish. Miss Lucy, after some much needed facial cosmetic surgery, will pass as a mermaid discovered off the Tiger Shores beach. Surprisingly, it/she does make those wanted headlines after a leaked email about mermaid protection becomes a local story and then a national one on a slow news day. What comes next is described by reporter Zoe Porter. It isn’t pretty. The Tidal Shores residents aren’t much better than the hordes of visitors who believe in mermaids and travel miles to pay a fee to see Miss Lucy.
So what is The Mermaid Mystery? There is a murder but does that make it a mystery? Or is it satire? The Reverend Billy-Bob Henderson is not a realistic character (I hope) and provides a somewhat funny, always ugly look at hypocrisy in fundamental religion. There’s prejudice in Tidal Shores, more so (again I hope) than in present day. What is The Mermaid Mystery? I’m not sure. 3 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley, Severn House and Tamar Myers for this ARC.
So what is The Mermaid Mystery? There is a murder but does that make it a mystery? Or is it satire? The Reverend Billy-Bob Henderson is not a realistic character (I hope) and provides a somewhat funny, always ugly look at hypocrisy in fundamental religion. There’s prejudice in Tidal Shores, more so (again I hope) than in present day. What is The Mermaid Mystery? I’m not sure. 3 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley, Severn House and Tamar Myers for this ARC.
September 7, 2024
** “Zoe, what we’re really doing is selling happiness.” **
Tamar Myers delivers a wacky, tongue-in-cheek story with “The Mermaid Mystery.”
When Tidal Shores, S.C., sees a severe decline in tourism, the town’s Big Ten council decides to take matters into their own hands, by creating a crazy but exhilarating diversion to bring visitors back to their struggling community. Enter: Miss Lucy, a mermaid created by the local taxidermist.
As mermaid hype spreads through the area and eventually the nation, Tidal Shores and its tourism industry grows exponentially — but with growth comes drama and trauma.
Will reporter Zoe Porter, who happens to be the great-granddaughter of one of the Big Ten members, determine the truth? And will she be able to convince the world of the truth?
Myers creates a zany plot filled with laugh-out-loud moments, but also intrigue and twists to keep the reader guessing. She develops interesting characters that definitely fill the rolls of small town Americana, and readers will love the plucky Gan-Gan, Zoe’s great-grandmother.
Told with an almost Mitford-like tone, readers of small town stories and cozy mysteries will love “The Mermaid Mystery,” which is due out Oct. 1. It does feature some mild cursing.
Four stars out of five.
Severn House provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.
Tamar Myers delivers a wacky, tongue-in-cheek story with “The Mermaid Mystery.”
When Tidal Shores, S.C., sees a severe decline in tourism, the town’s Big Ten council decides to take matters into their own hands, by creating a crazy but exhilarating diversion to bring visitors back to their struggling community. Enter: Miss Lucy, a mermaid created by the local taxidermist.
As mermaid hype spreads through the area and eventually the nation, Tidal Shores and its tourism industry grows exponentially — but with growth comes drama and trauma.
Will reporter Zoe Porter, who happens to be the great-granddaughter of one of the Big Ten members, determine the truth? And will she be able to convince the world of the truth?
Myers creates a zany plot filled with laugh-out-loud moments, but also intrigue and twists to keep the reader guessing. She develops interesting characters that definitely fill the rolls of small town Americana, and readers will love the plucky Gan-Gan, Zoe’s great-grandmother.
Told with an almost Mitford-like tone, readers of small town stories and cozy mysteries will love “The Mermaid Mystery,” which is due out Oct. 1. It does feature some mild cursing.
Four stars out of five.
Severn House provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.
September 13, 2024
Cozy-ish Mystery that features a reporter who's expose about the truth behind a South Carolina small town's "mermaid" takes a sinister turn and draws her into a much darker story.
1/5 stars: This is Myers's stand-alone Cozy-sh Mystery set in South Carolina and features an inquisitive reporter who writes an expose about the truth behind a South Carolina small town's "mermaid". Which it turns out was created by a taxidermist using the top half of an albino ape and a large goliath tigerfish as a tourism ploy to dupe the public and gain publicity. But soon things take a sinister turn and draw her into a much darker story. Myers writes about some very sensitive and tough topics, so take care and check the CWs. Unfortunately, this just wasn't a book for me; leading me to DNF it at 12%.
I received this eARC thanks to NetGalley and Severn House in exchange for an honest review. Publishing dates are subject to change.
1/5 stars: This is Myers's stand-alone Cozy-sh Mystery set in South Carolina and features an inquisitive reporter who writes an expose about the truth behind a South Carolina small town's "mermaid". Which it turns out was created by a taxidermist using the top half of an albino ape and a large goliath tigerfish as a tourism ploy to dupe the public and gain publicity. But soon things take a sinister turn and draw her into a much darker story. Myers writes about some very sensitive and tough topics, so take care and check the CWs. Unfortunately, this just wasn't a book for me; leading me to DNF it at 12%.
I received this eARC thanks to NetGalley and Severn House in exchange for an honest review. Publishing dates are subject to change.
July 9, 2025
What a farce of a story! This book does not take itself seriously at all, which is quite refreshing. Honestly, I'm not sure why it's marketed as a mystery; no mystery elements arrive until the last third of the book, and it wasn't much of a mystery anyway. More like an available murder that wasn't answered for certain for a bit, but nothing crazy came of it. It would be more appropriate as humor, possibly near-dystopian. IYKYK.
If anyone wants to think about the larger themes portrayed in this story, prejudices are brought to the surface to display how ridiculous they are, the mindless belief in whatever news is written is exaggerated into idiocy, science and religion are both challenged. There are other minor themes as well. Basically, any subject the author chose to include is made comedic.
Probably the biggest (and saddest) takeaway from this story is how truth is the victim of societal groupthink and illogic.
If anyone wants to think about the larger themes portrayed in this story, prejudices are brought to the surface to display how ridiculous they are, the mindless belief in whatever news is written is exaggerated into idiocy, science and religion are both challenged. There are other minor themes as well. Basically, any subject the author chose to include is made comedic.
Probably the biggest (and saddest) takeaway from this story is how truth is the victim of societal groupthink and illogic.
September 28, 2024
The struggling seaside town of Tidal Shores hopes to revive its fortunes with a series of outlandish tourist attractions, culminating in taxidermist Gunner Jones’s “mermaid,” Miss Lucy. Reporter Zoe Porter suspects a fake, but as mermaid mania sweeps the nation, will anyone believe her exposé before things turn deadly?
This book is marketed as a mystery, but IMO it’s really a satire with a mystery subplot. It’s funny and absurd and an incisive critique of a world where people get most of their news from social media.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.
This book is marketed as a mystery, but IMO it’s really a satire with a mystery subplot. It’s funny and absurd and an incisive critique of a world where people get most of their news from social media.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.
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December 12, 2024I've read another book by Tamar Myers which I rather liked for its tone. This was has a similar tone, yet I can't bring my self to pick up the book and read beyond the 40% mark.
Another reviewer mentioned this was more satire than mystery, and I agree. I don't seem to be in the mood for that. At least I'm not in the mood for the narration by Zoe Porter, who's mostly lusting after a man and comparing how South Carolinians do things with how Brits do them (for some unfathomable reason).
I received an ARC through NetGalley.
Another reviewer mentioned this was more satire than mystery, and I agree. I don't seem to be in the mood for that. At least I'm not in the mood for the narration by Zoe Porter, who's mostly lusting after a man and comparing how South Carolinians do things with how Brits do them (for some unfathomable reason).
I received an ARC through NetGalley.
July 21, 2025
***Advance review copy received from NetGalley in return for an honest review***
The Mermaid Mystery was, unfortunately, an extremely slow and tedious read. At 16% in, the main characters were still discussing their plan—one that didn’t need nearly that much explanation. The pacing is glacial, the dialogue meandering, and the plot barely moves.
If I hadn’t been reading this to review, I would have put it down. There just wasn’t enough momentum or intrigue to keep me engaged, and the promise of mystery never quite materialised. Disappointing and dull—this one simply didn’t work for me.
The Mermaid Mystery was, unfortunately, an extremely slow and tedious read. At 16% in, the main characters were still discussing their plan—one that didn’t need nearly that much explanation. The pacing is glacial, the dialogue meandering, and the plot barely moves.
If I hadn’t been reading this to review, I would have put it down. There just wasn’t enough momentum or intrigue to keep me engaged, and the promise of mystery never quite materialised. Disappointing and dull—this one simply didn’t work for me.
January 24, 2025
I really wanted to like this, and at the start, I did. It seemed funny and quirky and who doesn't love that in a mystery novel?
Unfortunately, the jokes just became stale and overly repetitive (yes, we get it, Americans are weird and don't get Brits) and the characters became annoyingly cutesy. And the mystery? No one dies until 2/3 of the way through, and even then it's almost secondary to whatever was supposed to be going on in the book.
Unfortunately, the jokes just became stale and overly repetitive (yes, we get it, Americans are weird and don't get Brits) and the characters became annoyingly cutesy. And the mystery? No one dies until 2/3 of the way through, and even then it's almost secondary to whatever was supposed to be going on in the book.
October 14, 2025
I'm not quite sure how to feel about this book. It felt more like a humorous portrayal of mob mentality, political satire of fake news and cult like behavior, all wrapped together in a cozy mystery with fast talking family squabbles. The humor was over the top craziness, but honestly is why I see this almost as more satire of the state of the world right now. Anyway...I'm giving 3 stars because it was funny in parts, but also left me feeling a bit depressed. so. yeah.
August 20, 2024
Let me start by saying this is one of the weirdest books that I’ve read in quite a while. Maybe ever. But I certainly finished it!
The author made a play on the current media fascination with fake news. They then turned it into a mystery that had me scratching my head and going what the heck while also turning the page. Well, I can’t say I loved it, but I also can’t say I hated it.
The author made a play on the current media fascination with fake news. They then turned it into a mystery that had me scratching my head and going what the heck while also turning the page. Well, I can’t say I loved it, but I also can’t say I hated it.
September 26, 2025
I found this a slow and hard read.
The premise of the story hooked me in but unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations.
Tidal shores in South Carolina is struggling due to a down turn in tourism , they need something to draw the visitors back .
I didn’t see this book as a mystery and I enjoyed the satire at first but it became tiresome .
Thanks to NetGalley and Severn House.
The premise of the story hooked me in but unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations.
Tidal shores in South Carolina is struggling due to a down turn in tourism , they need something to draw the visitors back .
I didn’t see this book as a mystery and I enjoyed the satire at first but it became tiresome .
Thanks to NetGalley and Severn House.
December 7, 2024
Laugh out loud book with message proven by MAGA cult
Mother and daughter heroines try to expose a fraud involving mermaids. Their actions are met with denial and hatred. A metaphor for Trump supporters.
Mother and daughter heroines try to expose a fraud involving mermaids. Their actions are met with denial and hatred. A metaphor for Trump supporters.
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December 31, 2024Would not recommend…
March 10, 2025
Isn't really much of a mystery. Even among all the satirical content, the digs at the British were just weird and out of nowhere.
March 22, 2025
Not a good book at all. Someone gave it 5 stars...idk how it was not good.
April 10, 2025
The sarcastic snark was too much after a short while and the stupidity of the characters got boring. Had to speed read the last half.
May 16, 2025
made it through about half and then it's get boring and drawn out.
July 20, 2025
Way too snarky!
August 17, 2025
I love the Magdalena books but some of her others like this one are really weird.
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September 12, 2025Silly book. City council in small town create a mermaid from a fish and a taxidermists primate to boost the tourism in town.
December 15, 2025
Very cute, just like we've come to expect from her!!!
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