Read Online Born Of Water (Elemental Origins, #1) Edited By A.L. Knorr Released As Digital

in truth this was a very good book, Heart wrenching at times especially if you read the diary at the end, I almost gave itbut when I look back on it I really have no idea where this story is going, there really seems to be no goal in sight.
There also seems to be a lot up in the air for the characters, and a lot of unanswered questions.
It feels very unfinished since it seems to be the next book in the series seems to be about Fire.
It also moved really slow at times,

I did love how the author reached out grabbed the mythology and made it somewhat her own, I also feel like our FMC doesnt fit the Siren mold because she isnt just a siren, I felt the Diary at the end really put a somewhat dark damper on the story, Depression is an awful hopeless thing and reading about it was heart wrenching even for a mythical creature,

What Im confused about is how Targas mom has put off her ocean call for so long when Sybellen stemmed to be suffering for it so much so soon Fresh water drinking If a siren knew that why didnt Sybellen Was it just recently discovered Maybe the Baltic ocean there never had enough salt in it so Sybellens cravings were so much stronger faster This was never explained clearly.
Also, whats up with Miras relationship with the dude in Poland And what is in store for this unfinished story now that we know Targa is different Guess I will have to check out bookto see if any questions are answered.
I was really excited to dg into this series after reading the synopsis and the firstor so chapters increased my excitement and eagerness to read on.
However, somewhere down the line it became somewhat of a snooze fest with just enough intrigue for me to mindlessly continue the book.


I can't say that I hated it really but I just wasn't impressed but I have decided to read the next book in the series since I cant be bothered to find something else to read.
A meh story, but the mermaid angle was neat, . .

While this book didn't quite fall intoor evenstar caliber, it still managed to keep my attention nearly the entire way through.
I wasn't bored, wasn't rolling my eyes, wasn't desperately fleeing into other stories, The pacing was smooth, and the character interactions were, for the most part, realistic, My absolutely favorite feature of this story was of course its version of mermaids, This is only my second exposure to a story about mermaids, so I have little to compare it to, However, I definitely feel like the author's take on the mythical creatures was fascinating and creative, namely with their characteristics, mannerisms, and lifestyles.
I particularly loved the constant focus of life on land verses life in water, and felt the author did a fine job of depicting such internal conflict from a mermaid's perspective who is living on land.


That all being said, though, I still have complaints, starting with the story itself, I do feel the thing was a bit on the flimsy side, despite it being easy to follow and understand.
I would have loved to get more angst and drama beyond the route the author chose to go, something to thrill and shock me beyond words.
But alas, this isn't my story to tell, Also, while the characters are likable enough, I don't feel like the teenagers in this story read or acted like teenagers.
They were almost too perfect, The third act was a bit too ridiculous to be believable, but it was still cool to visualize at least.
Finally and admittedly, the pettiest of my complaints, the handful of grammatical errors as well as the author's continual shying away from semicolons when the moments called for them was super distracting.
Certainly not enough to derail my journey, but, . . still created some potholes along the way,

Overall, though, I still enjoyed myself, This book does a fine job of introducing me to the supernatural elements of this series and I'm still looking forward to what else is in store in the future entries.
The writing was excellent, very professional, The problem is that the story never

materialized, Atand nothing, and I mean nothing, happening, I gave up on the book, I don't want to hear teenager conversations about boys, school, and summer vacations for a third of a book, I need a hook, and this one did not have it, Meine Meinung
Genau das richtige Hörbuch für den Urlaub, seicht und vorhersehbar,
Wir lernen Targa, ihre Freundin, ihre Mutter, überhaupt ihr Leben kennen und schon ist klar, wohin die Story geht.
Klappentext und Titel implizieren dies ja bereits, Natürlich werden auch die Klischees nicht ausgespart,
Der Schreibstil ist dem Ganzen angepasst und sehr einfach und Überraschungen gab es auch keine,
Da muss ich Constanze Buttmann echt loben, Sie hat allem Leben eingehaucht und mich immer in der Story gehalten, Ja, manchmal schweiften meine Gedanken ab, aber sie zog mich immer wieder in das Hörbuch zurück und in ihren Bann.

Ich denke, für die Zielgruppe der Teenager und jungen Erwachsenen, ist das Buch prima und ich vergebe trotz der VorhersehbarkeitMeerSterne.
Aber die weiterenBände werde ich nicht hören oder lesen,
Klappentext
Targa kennt das Gefühl nichts Besonderes zu sein nur zu gut, Kein Wunder, denn ihre Mutter Mira ist nicht nur atemberaubend schön, sie ist magisch, Bei Kontakt mit Salzwasser verwandelt sich Mira in eine Meerjungfrau,
Doch aus irgendeinem Grund hat Targa das MeerjungfrauenGen nicht geerbt und deswegen ist auch ihre Mutter an ein menschliches Dasein gekettet.
Targa fürchtet, dass ihre Mutter sie eines Tages verlassen und einfach im Meer verschwinden wird,
Aber als Targa in den Sommerferien ihre Mutter an die Ostsee begleitet, ist es ausgerechnet Targa, die im Meer verschwindet und dort eine einfache Wahrheit entdeckt.

Sie ist die Tochter ihrer Mutter,
Die Tochter des Meeres,
I liked this a lot, I borrowed it on Kindle Unlimited, text only, As the story started, and it focused on the four girls, I figured out pretty quickly that this would be a series where there would be four books, one for each girl.
I mean, I had glanced and knew it was a series, but I hadn't paid much attention to how it would play out Elements, this is water, so the others, Fire/Earth/Air is pretty obvious.
Not the first series to take such an approach, like the Elemental series, sitelinkStorm with brothers having different elemental powers.
Here, it seems like the first four books while connected, will be quite separate as each of the four girls goes their separate ways for the summer.
This made it so I didn't feel compelled to continue immediately, as instead of picking up where this first book leaves off, it looks like the sequels are happening at the same time, just to the different girls.
I also discovered I OWN the next two books in the series picked up during free Kindle offerings so that also makes me a little less likely to read them right now, as I'm on a temporary Kindle Unlimited plan and want to make sure I'm getting to books I won't have access to when it's over.
There does seem to be a continuation of THIS story sitelinkSalt amp Stone: A Water Elemental Novel amp Mermaid Fantasy, first in its own spinoff trilogy but it's also listed asth in the Elemental series, so I don't feel like I can read it until I hit it numerically in case there are some things that happen in the other book that impact its storyline.
I'm a "by the numbers" girl!

As for THIS story I liked it a lot, I've read several mermaid stories and this ranks up there, Targa weird name, all four girls had unique names knows her mother is a mermaid, and she should be, but, she appears to be a dud.
Probably not really a spoiler to say this isn't true, . . I mean, it's pretty obvious by the series title and such all other indications, I found the story interesting as Targa and her mother travel to Poland to help uncover a lost ship, learning more about the mermaid/siren lore as presented here each book has some similarities, and unique tidbits.


I do definitely plan on continuing on with the series, . . Und da ist es: das erste Highlight! Wer Urban Fantasy liebt, sollte hier unbedingt mal einen dezenten Blick drauf werfen! ok, the ending was slightly better than what i imagined.
But i am not as much impressed as i thought i would be, Honestly, I have mixed emotions about this book, I wanted to like it, but there are a lot of things that annoyed me,

The idea of sirens living on land for procreation makes sense, in a way, The theory is sound and explains why there are always female mermaids and never males, However, I found the constant obsession with sex drive and breasts to be exacerbating, I get it,  mermaids go to land to mate, but still, Can we dwell on other things I got tired of the childish remarks about boobs,

There were issues with the timeline, The protagonist is either a pathological liar, or she really has no idea when her father died, For example, one minute she is telling people he died when she was, the next it's, I think there was even aearlier on, So which is it

And then there was grammar and punctuation, Ugh! No, I am not talking about the difference between British, Canadian, or even American spellings, I am talking about the constant stream of poorly structured sentences and missing words, I am talking about homonym misuse and blatant punctuation mistakes, If you are a grammar nazi, this is not a book you will enjoy, Trust me. But if you don't care either way, you'll be fine,

For my clean readers:
Lots of language, but no fbomb, Description of gore, mostly sealife, but some human, Lots of descriptions of naked mermaids in the guise of describing art, Talk about breasts and sex drive is hard to skip over as you miss some key plot points, Overly descriptive makeout sessions. Good Siren story. Strong female leads. Mother and daughter dynamics. Quickly paced. Interesting and creative plot. Definitely recommend! I really enjoyed this one, Summer vibes all the way with this mermaid tale, The plot was a bit predictable but still very enjoyable! Targa is such a captivating main character even if childish and poordecisiontaker at times.
Mira is by far my fav character, What a cool mom and I cannot wait to read more about Akiko, Cant shake the feeling that she might be supernatural as well,
I didnt care for the love story, It was instalove and that was quite annoying but it didnt take much from the main plot, The diary excerpts at the end were a nice touch tho,Sterne Addictive

This is a fantasy book about a girl called targa and her mother mira however they have a secret a secret that may be threatened when targa's mother takes a salvage job in Poland.
Targa is left to burden the Secret whilst fighting her hearts desires, She questions everything when she meets antoni
This is a truly fantastic book I really enjoyed reading this amd I look forward to reading the next installment.

I gave it this rating because I struggled to put it down,
My favourite character was targa because she still believed in herself
My least favourite character is Eric, gread doesn't get you anywhere and I hope he takes his punishment properly Easy escape reading and mermaids ARE real! Lol.
Wet my appetite

What an interesting mermaid tale, I really hope there are more books, because I would love to read about her friends, her mom and her friend, and about Antonio.
Free Kindle ebook in exchange for an honest review as part of the Indie June author month,

I know I wrote this review before because I loved the book, but somehow it disappeared, . . That's all you really need to know isn't it It's got mermaids and it's a great read! "If what you said was true then I'm happy just to have met you.
You are one of a kind and I can only hope that there will be a woman in my future who makes my heart feel like it does when I'm around you.
"


Honestly this book is so much better than I expected, Ill be honest I came across these books as a deal on Facebook where you can buy the set of ebooks forp and they looked intriguing so I thought why not

I loved the relationship between Targa and Antoni but also the relationship between her and her mum.
Yes you guess the plot pretty early on but thats only because it went the same way as most siren stories when they turn in the books however I like the twist where targas mum didnt use her powers as she wanted to have a child through love not lust.


I also loved how Antoni and Targa get on from the very start, The chemistry between them was brilliant, I also love how tightnit she was with her friends I wish I had a group like that,

Over all this book was really good and Im looking forward to carrying on with the series, Targa has a secret her mom is a mermaid, And though the mermaid gene is supposed to pass from mother to daughter, Targa is just a regular human,

With summer's approach, Targa and her friends will be parting ways, all headed to different countries, But Targa's trip to Poland with her mom and mom's dive team turns out to be anything but a typical summer tourism trip.


Loved this mermaid story, The details of mermaid anatomy are incredible, and even the "info dumps" feel like so much a part of the story that they're not tedious or tiresome.


Even better, this book is part of a series, and it seems that all of Targa's friends have something are a little.
. . different. :

So glad I snapped this book up!

And if you like YA mermaid stories, you might also enjoy sitelinkShearwater and sitelinkSkye's Lure.
Ersilia F. per RFS
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Ultimamente mi piace leggere generi fuori dalla mia comfort zone, E così mi sono tuffata nella serie fantasy YA Le figlie degli elementi di A, L. Knorr. Il primo volume della serie Figlia del mare è introduttivo alla storia delle diverse protagoniste: Taya, Saxony, Akiko e Geprjayna, Diciassettenni che devono ancora scoprire il potere dormiente dentro di loro, Una forza che darà loro la capacità di padroneggiare gli elementi,

Nella prima metà del libro ho trovato la storia lenta e poco incisiva, Succede poco o niente, a parte la descrizione della vita e dei turbamenti di Taya, la solitaria, introversa e timida protagonista con un grosso segreto da custodire: la madre è una sirena.
Questultima ha rinunciato al richiamo del mare per stare accanto a sua figlia che non ha subito la trasformazione che Mira tanto ha sperato.


La loro vita scorre tranquilla a Saltford, una piccola città sulla costa del Canada, Mira fa parte di una squadra di sommozzatori esperti nel recupero di oggetti perduti in mare, E ovviamente sono tutti alloscuro della sua vera natura,

Allinizio di unestate che cambierà per sempre le loro vite, la sua squadra sarà ingaggiata da un ricco e anziano armatore al fine di recuperare la Sybella dal Mar Baltico.
La prima nave che i suoi antenati avevano costruito, affondata durante una tempesta e mai più ritrovata,

Durante il soggiorno in Polonia, scopriranno diverse cose che lanziano ha tenuto loro nascoste, Taya saprà di più sulla storia e sulle leggende delle sirene, ma soprattutto su sé stessa, Cambierà molto durante la storia, diventerà più sicura, più intraprendente e si libererà della sua proverbiale timidezza, Assaporerà lamore e le sue sfaccettature,

Durante un tragico incidente la sua vera natura si manifesterà, rendendola unica e portentosa, E questa è la parte che più mi è piaciuta, Il ritmo cambia, diventa più dinamico e con scene davvero ben caratterizzate,

Il romanzo è molto incentrato sul rapporto madrefiglia, la storia si dipana in modo semplice e lineare, con poco spessore in alcune parti, anche se le scene che riguardano le immersioni sono davvero ben descritte, vivide.
Una storia di intrattenimento con qualche scena spicy molto soft,

Personalmente ho davvero apprezzato le tematiche legate al mare: bracconaggio, pulizia degli oceani, rispetto per la natura, Consigliato!.