Things just didn’t make sense as all and I had a hard time even getting past the first few pages and chapters. A lot of background AND essential information is missing if you don’t read Lorali, and I felt a bit cheated on I didn’t know that beforehand. This lack of information might have been part of the reason I basically felt like I was reading a story written in a foreign language I could only barely understand.
First of all I want to make clear that this book should have been classified as a sequel, because after some investigation I found out most of the worldbuilding is taken from a previous publication ( Lorali) and it’s almost impossible to fully understand Aurabel with out it.
Aurabel sounded like an fun fantasy read with the mermaids as a bonus, but unfortunately this book turned out to be a quite unpleasant experience. Mermaids are without doubt underrated creatures and there just aren’t all that many stories about them out there. I admit Aurabel was a coverlove-request, but I was also looking forward to read another mermaid story. *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Hotkey Books in exchange for an honest review. “Even when two paths spindle off, it doesn’t mean they aren’t going to meet up, once again, somewhere along the way towards the end.” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.My favourite characher is Lorali as she always believes in herself and helpes other people! My least favourite character was one of Rory’s friends who turns against him when Rory really needs him! I really don’t think this is something a friend should do…. The novel is very engaging and fast-pacing and as Laura Dockrill said at the Literature Festival it is a story which should appeal to both boys and girls. The novel weaves in stories of strange men – Rory’s friend’s grandfather goes bananas and a giant man eating birds appears!Ĭan Rory protect Lorali? Will Lorali settle into the human world? Will they admit their feelings for one another before one of them dies? She has rejected life as a mermaid and is totally lost as to how the human world works….she decides to go along with Rory and things turn pear shaped. The beautiful, distressed girls has the beautiful name of Lorali ( see how beautiful the cover of the book is). In Rory’s world finding a naked girl on the beach on your birthday is a shock, but it’s even worse when you have to look after her! A girl called Lorali lies on the beach, naked ( oopps, anyone blushing …) The story begins at a beach… A boy called Rory is having his sixteenth birthday and he is on the beach. This book was so good that I finished it in one go!
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