Elizabeth Fama

In alternating chapters, the story tells of the mermaid Syrenka's love for Ezra in 1872 that leads to a series of horrific murders, and present-day Hester's encounter with a ghost that reveals her connection to the murders and to Syrenka.

Monstrous Beauty

Monicap

I opened this book to page one... and i was bored before I even read the first word. It is possible I will circle back around to this at a later point, but i need to start clearing off my to-read shelf, so... no.

María Belén

Best representation of mermaids I've seen! 

I'd have liked to read more about the mermaids and not so much about the other characters, but nevertheless it was okay. It's a quick and entertaining read.

Juliette McPherson 

This book was amazing. Full of history, dark fantasy, mystery and more I was glued to this book. Although I want to let you know there is a short rape scene so if that triggers you please be careful. Apart from that the dark beauty of it all and the mystery had me on the edge of my seat

Cassidy

Julie D.

Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. Almost 140 years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse? With Ezra's help, Hester investigates her family's strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean--but, in Elizabeth Fama's Monstrous Beauty, powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.

Monstrous Beauty

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