Title:  Fins Are Forever Author:  Tera Lynn Childs Series:  Fins, #2 Pages:  298 Publisher:  Templar Date of Publication:  1st April 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: On Lily Sanderson’s eighteenth birthday she’ll become just a girl—still a mer girl, true, but signing the renunciation paperwork will ink Princess Waterlily of Thalassinia out of existence. That leaves plain old Lily living on land, dating the boy she loves, and trying to master this being human thing once and for all. Now that Lily and Quince are together, mer-bond or not, she’s almost content to give up her place in the royal succession of Thalassinia. But just when she thinks she has everything figured out, Lily’s father sends a certain whirlpool-stirring cousin to stay with her on land. What did Doe do to get herself exiled from Thalassinia and stuck in terraped form, when everyone knows how much she hates humans? And why why why is she batting her eyelash...

Title:  VIII Author:  HM Castor Series:  N/A Pages:  336 Publisher:  Templar Date of Publication:  1st October 2011 Source: Publisher* Synopsis: Think you know Henry VIII? Think again. VIII is the story of Hal, a boy of extraordinary talents. Astonishing warrior skills. Sharp intelligence. And a fierce sense of honour and virtue. He believes he is destined for greatness. His father wishes he would disappear. Haunted by the ghosts of his family’s violent past, Hal embarks on a journey that leads him to absolute power, and brings him face to face with his demons. My Thoughts: I didn't know much about Henry VIII, apart from that he had six wives and he was fat. I didn't know the order of the wives, only that they were divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. Now that I've read VIII though, I feel like I know a lot more. I haven't read many historical novels, but I love them so much. It doesn't matter what time period,...

Title: Forgive My Fins  Author: Tera Lynn Childs Series: Fins #1 Pages: 333 Publisher: Templar Date of Publication: 1st July 2011 Source: Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but when you’re half human, half mermaid like Lily, there’s no such thing as a simple crush. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid – she’s a Thalassinian princess. When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been living on land and going to Seaview high school ever since, hoping to find where she truly belongs. Sure, land has its problems – like her obnoxious, biker boy neighbor Quince Fletcher – but it has that one major...