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Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid #1)

MaryJanice Davidson

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 268 pages

Rating: 3.65 | 6800 Users | 389 Reviews

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Original Title:	Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, #1)
ISBN:	0515142220 (ISBN13: 9780515142228)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Fred the Mermaid #1
Characters:	Fredrika Bimm, Thomas Pearson
Setting:	Boston, Massachusetts(United States)

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I started and finished this the same day; heck, it only took a couple of hours, all total, to read this foul-mouthed, vapid, empty piece of garbage. I wanted to like this book, despite a friend's warning of its awfulness rattling around in my head. It had such potential. There are all manner of paranormal beasties starring in books and series today: vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, faeries, even ghosts. Why not mermaids as well? What a shame a perfectly good and quirky concept (half-human mermaid who's a marine biologist and works at an aquarium) was let down by bad writing, a barely-there plotline, and a laughable climax to the "story."

First off, we have the heroine, Fredrika, aka Fred, the hybrid mermaid. Aside from the pseudo-amusing personality quirks (look, she's a mermaid who can't swim in human form! Oh my, she gets seasick on boats, how funny!), she stomps, she grumps, she has no patience or social skills, she's selfish and unbelievably foul-mouthed. Yet two men, both absolutely gorgeous (natch!), upon meeting her for the first time, fall in love with her. Why? Because she's just so damn irresistible? No, because she's just so gorgeous no man can resist her, but, of course, she's completely unaware of her ability to induce lustful feelings in men and some women. Aren't we tired of that 'gorgeous, but oblivious' hook yet? I know I certainly am. Speaking of the two men who love her, one is a giant, buff mer-dude with a mane of flaming red hair and red eyes. And yet nobody seems to think that maybe there's something weird about him when seeing him for the first time, that maybe he's not quite human? No screams of "Oh my god, what's wrong with his eyes? What is he?" when he walks into a local mall/eatery? How believable is that? Or maybe everyone thinks he's in a permanent Halloween costume? It makes no sense to me. The other man, a fellow marine biologist who travels the world, falls in love with her because he can see the true color of her hair, which is green not blue. That's it? Really? That's the best the author can come up with?

And that brings me to the plot of the book. I use the word plot in only the vaguest sense of the word, just as the author sketched only the vaguest outline of a plot in the story. All the "action" takes place towards the end of the book and the sequence of events is so fast and so absurdly ludicrous that it stretches the point of believability to breaking point. I think there was supposed to be some humor in the situation, but I couldn't find it. And if the author was trying for some sort of mystery, she fell well short of the mark.

I have to give Davidson some credit. She actually tells us in the acknowledgments that this is a crappy book, not in so many words, but in essence. She ripped up her manuscript and started over moments from deadline, she probably went through who-knows-how-many rewrites, and finally handed the whole thing over to a group of editors, who did they best they could with what little they had. Her editors failed, however, in making her look all, y'know, smart 'n' stuff (as she put it). I guess it's my fault for not believing her. All in all, Sleeping with the Fishes is just another crude and vulgar example of Davidson's writing "talent." I'd really like to know how she managed to get published in the first place. I just feel sorry for all the poor trees that have to die in order to support her career.

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Title	:	Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid #1)
Author	:	MaryJanice Davidson
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 268 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2006 by Berkley Books (first published November 28th 2006)
Categories	:	Romance. Fantasy. Paranormal. Paranormal Romance. Mythology. Mermaids. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Urban Fantasy

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Ratings: 3.65 From 6800 Users | 389 Reviews

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Oh, brother. The premise was okay, but its so simplified! A woman gives her firstborn a bath, and said firstborn grows a tail. Instead of screaming, freaking out, or any normal reaction, the woman just smiles and accepts it. The villain obligingly fesses up on demand, and even the little sidebar with Jonas and Dr. Barb happens way too fast. They just happen to both be in love with each other, one minute theyre freaking out and the next minute theyre getting freaky.

Maybe 2.5. It was a cute story with some laughs and a super fast read - more like a novella. I would hate to pay full price for this. Fred the Mermaid sounds a lot like Queen Betsy or her step-mom. And Jonas reminded me of Betsy's gay friend/roommate. I thought the story had a strong beginning and it kinda fizzled from there. The references and comments Fred made about hippy parents cracked me up.

Cute! I don't generally like a love triangle, but I rather enjoyed this one. I really like Davidson's writing, very witty and snarky and fun.

3.5 starsEven though Fred (the mermaid--short for Fredericka), is kind of a semi-bitchy, disgruntled, the-world-revolves-around-me type, this book was still pretty funny. I laughed out loud a few times. On a side note, Jonas sounds pretty cute, and as for that matter, Arthur, but then *spoiler alert* who can resist a merman?

It started off like it was going to be a comedy and make fun of some stereotypes but ended up being nothing more than a stereotype fest. Single girl is grumpy and alienates people and refuses to date. Her metro best friend knows better, and every now and then calls her a "frigid bitch" or something and tells her she has to want to date (said best friend is male, so of COURSE he mansplains her own desire to her, only the book presented this as Ok somehow).Enter gorgeous guy one who falls into

This book was amazing! The main character is witty, sarcastic and just all around epic. The modern day mermaid and I'm not talkin' Ariel. I'll definitely be investing in the second book of the series.

This was a quick fun read, but it suffers from one glaring problem Fred is basically Betsy (of the Undead series) with fins and without the love for shoes. If youve read any of that series, its really difficult to read this without Betsys voice in your head. Despite the voice problems, Fred is a unique character, a half human and half mermaid who works in the only natural choice for a hybrid mermaid at an aquarium. When she has to figure out who is polluting Boston Harbor (and therefore,