Monstrous Beauty
Elizabeth Fama,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 09-04-2012
Elizabeth Fama,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 09-04-2012
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780374373665
Publish date: 04-09-2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition language: English
Wow.Wow.I am impressed, sad, and at a lack for words. This is the mermaid book I have been looking for - full of mythology, history, bloody conflict and mystery.Well done, Elizabeth Fama. Well done indeed.
BookNook — Young Adult book reviewsI have read no other book like Monstrous Beauty. We have mermaids, ghosts, history, lineage, love, heartbreak, and a fascinating story with multiple characters whose lives, deaths, and fates are all intertwined.I love how Monstrous Beauty is told in two different ...
4.5 starsDamn, I need to gather my thoughts.
I have tried to read mermaid books - a new hype in today's YA market - and book after book I keep finding myself disappointed, realizing that these water beings are simply not my forte... until now. Is it the dark, twisted plot? Is it the violent, yet beautiful story? Is it the combination of local ...
Originally posted at Romance Around the Corner When I was a kid I wanted to be a mermaid. The tail, the red hair, the cute prince… Obviously Disney knew how to sell its movies. Then I read the original story and my underwater dreams died, but I remained intrigued by these creatures. I’m surprised th...