No tying up of loose ends (actually creating a lot more.), no true reunion of the sisters at the end, happy, no happy endings, it was just an odd cliff-hangar ending. There is a plot twist right at the very end which causes something big to happen and then it ends. I was starting to like it a bit in the middle but then the end came. I felt like it was kind of rushed and could have been a lot better. It did get better, but still wasn't great. For the first 100+ pages I had to force myself to keep reading, because I thought for sure it would get way better. The beginning was terribly slow and hard to get interested. *sidenote: I didn't realise that this was the third book of a series, but that didn't really matter.* I picked it up to look at it and thought 'ooh mermaids! This oughta be good!' This book caught my eye whilst I was at the library. I really enjoyed this book, except for the cliff hanger ending, and am anxiously awaiting the next in the series (there better be one!) so that I can find out what happens next! Although, I truly despise the fact that the mother did not take the blame and instead framed Lucy. I am also realieved that the person murdered is not the person who I thought it would be at the beginning of the book. I felt like she did a wonderful job with Lucy's adoptive mother and showing just how important social standing was to her and how far she would go to protect it. Yet again, Kathryn Lasky does a wonderful job with characters that we end up despising without overdoing it to the point of ridiculousness. I really enjoyed this addition to the Daughters of the Sea series because while the story mainly focuses on Lucy, May and Hannah's point of views were also included so I wasn't wondering how they felt in regards to the events unfolding. Or at least, I sincerely hope it isn't because it ended with one heck of a cliff hanger.

I was SO EXCITED for this book because I thought it would be the end of the series, but it isn't.

Lucy by Kathryn Lasky