Pretty in Pearls (Fins #3.5) by Tera Lynn Childs, Book Review

By: Tera Lynn Childs
Published by: Katherine Tegen Books / Harper Teen
Released on: 1/7/2014
Series: Fins 3.5
Source: purchased e-novella
Rating: 3 Stars, It Was A Good Read
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Undersea romance with captivating merboys, deep friendship, and spectacular pearls.

Set in Tera Lynn Childs’ fin-flicking world that began with Forgive My Fins, this 100-page digital novella focuses on Periwinkle Wentletrap, Princess Lily’s best friend, and is perfect for fans of mermaids, light romance, and mythology retellings.

As Princess Lily’s emissary, Peri works hard to make sure her best friend knows all the goings on in the underwater kingdom of Thalassinia. The upcoming Sea Harvest Dance means plenty of fun for them, too, including shopping for jewels, trims, and dress making supplies. Peri especially loves the pearls she finds at Thalassinia’s marketplace—and she might be falling head over fins for Riatus, the thoughtful pearl trader who looks like a dashing pirate.

When Lily realizes her friend has a crush, she is determined to help them get together in time for the dance—except her matchmaking efforts backfire, sweeping Peri into dangerous depths and tangled in confusing tides. Should Peri give up on Riatus and find a different date to the Sea Harvest Dance, or will they finally find a way to float along the same current?

 Normally I'm not a huge e-novella fan, but there are times I can't help it, and I want to dive back into a series I enjoyed. While I loved the books more than the e-novella, this was still a good read. I liked reading more about the characters from the Fin series, though I missed Quince. What? I can't help it, I loved him in the series. Luckily his girl, Princess Lily, her best friend Peri, who's point of view this book is told in, and a few others are in the book. If you loved the series, you'd enjoy this short story.