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Title: Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid | Book 1) Author: MaryJanice Davidson Rating: Not available Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 17

Review of Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, Book 1)

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• Posted on 2008-06-08
  Why was this Published Why oh Why?
  
  I've read MaryJanice Davidson's Undead and Un____ Series of books. I like them. Not the best written, or the deepest characters around, but there is a charm to those books. Unfortunately, this book by the same author held none of the fun loving, cuteness that I liked in her other series. Fred was annoying, and for a marine biologists, not very knowledgeable. Her gay best friend (er, make that metrosexual) spent more time mooning over Fred's boss rather than doing whatever he did. And the suitors - the merman was an idiot, the good look male marine biologist had a good begining, but it all went downhill once Love got in the way. These people seem to get paid to do nothing but stare at each other with starry eyes. This book seems to be missing all the things I liked about her Undead series, while reusing the same characters in a slightly different setting and making them somehow even more shallow. If you want to read a shallow, fun, feel good, fast, supernatural urban romance, go with the Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1), it at least has a queen who cares.
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2008-05-13
  Very, very disappointing!
  
  The first book of the Undead series is a great read. Unfortunately, the author failed to keep the momentum going and the sequels are just as disappointing as this book was. I am surprised another reviewer allowed her 11 year old daughter to read this book though, as I was amazed to find an author using an entire page figuring out how many ways you could possibly conjugate the "f" word (just an example of the ways the author manages to "fill in" pages between the loosely planned plot).
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2008-03-13
  wow, this is bad
  
  I bought this book because I was tired of all the vampire books that seem to be the thing in fantasy right now. I'm all for popcorn books that have no depth and are just fun to read. It was so bad I couldn't finish it and I always finish books no matter how predictable they get. I read the first 6 or 7 chapters and put it down. I picked it up again a week later and could only get through 2 more chapters before I gave up. Its written like a teen angst novel, not worth the time.
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2008-03-10
  Disappointing; I'll stick with MJD's "Undead" series
  
  I decided to try "Sleeping with Fishes" after finishing (and loving!) the first book in MJD's "Undead" series. "Fishes" was disappointing in comparison. The story was rushed, half-formed, and poorly executed, and Fred was not nearly as likeable as "Undead"'s Betsy. In fact, she was downright irritating. On the plus side, the zaniness of "Fishes" was similar to that of many Christopher Moore novels, so fans of his might find something to like here. I also have to wonder how "Fishes" is classified (per the spine) as a romance novel. There's no more romance here than there is in any of Moore's books. I guess because MJD is female and therefore gets unjustifiably and inappropriately pigeonholed... but going down that road is for another day. So anyway, while "Fishes" was a quick and somewhat fun read, I'll stick with the "Undead" series from now on.
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2008-03-06
  A fantasy to be believed
  
  My 11yr old daughter couldn't put this down, and is looking forward to the
  next one. Few writers capture Mermaids well, but this one does.
  Score: 5