Title: Of Triton
Series: Of Poseidon #2
Author: Anna Banks
Publish date: May 28th 2013 by Feiwel & Friends
Source: ARC received from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review
Buy it from: Amazon
Goodreads summary:
In this sequel to OF POSEIDON, Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena law states that all Half- Breeds should be put to death.
As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance among the Syrena turns the two kingdoms—Poseidon and Triton—against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen’s request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself—and her Gift—to save a people she’s never known?
Review:
Mermaids can kind of be considered overdone these days, but NOT when it comes to Anna Banks’s version of such underwater societies in Of Poseidon and its sequel– Of Triton. The Syrena only grew more fascinating the more I learned about them– especially the degree of political unrest that is unveiled in Syrena society in Of Triton.
Since Of Triton is such a short read, I anticipated that it would be a quick read– but it was made even quicker with a fast pace. The romances continue to feel true and swoony (Galen and Emma should just make out all the time, jeesh). And the glimpse of Anna Banks’s wit that we all see on Twitter is present in spades throughout Of Triton, just as it was in Of Poseidon. Though the series has a vaguely paranormal romance feel to it (which is usually a NO-NO from me), the entire story feels fresh and new.
All of the characters are fleshed out and I loved each of their personality quirks. Emma in particular feels so real as she deals with the revelation of her mother’s true past and tries to accept her moving on with a man who is very decidedly not her father. Of Triton, as Of Poseidon did, features a dual POV, alternating between Galen and Emma; as I did when I read Of Poseidon, I admired the way Anna Banks wrote each of them. The fact that Galen’s chapters were in 3rd person and Emma’s in 1st made it easy to keep track of whose chapter was whose.
A strong follow-up to the first book, Of Triton is well-deserving of its debut on the New York Times Bestseller List!
Goodreads rating: 4/5.
Need a second opinion?
“Personally I can’t wait to read the conclusion of the trilogy.” –Books Take You Places
“Everything I loved about Of Poseidon was there, and so much more.” –That Artsy Reader Girl
“I need the next installment to clear up all these hanging threads.” –BookHounds
