Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten ★★★☆☆

Book: ★★★☆☆

Movie: ★★★★☆ 
This doesn’t mean I did not enjoy the book - I did! - it means I appreciated the changes made in the movie version.  

Merfolk by Jeremy Bates ★★☆☆☆

I was expecting a bloodbath and got a dull swim.  

Subterrestrial by Michael McBride ★★★★☆

If you have ever found yourself watching late night "documentaries" on the History Channel, or SyFy, then you know the tasty pool of weird from which Michael McBride writes.

Mer Lovers by Tamsin Ley ★★★☆☆

Welcome to the world of evil mermaids and maligned beautiful mermen desperate for commitment and insta luv.  Now that’s a scenario in need of some human ladies!  

Treasure of the Abyss (The Kraken #1) by Tiffany Roberts ★★★★☆

Reread - This is exactly what the day needed, some kraken fun.

Merfolk May is Kraken Awesome!

Seascape by Stephanie Burke ★★★★☆

This was my first merman erotica!

Kraken by M. Caspian ★★★☆☆

Not your average slash. This is a story of a very lonely odd man named Will who misses his ex boyfriend Parker. He has come out to some small god forsaken island to see if they can't work it out. 

Homecoming by Susan Palwick ★★★★☆

Merfolk May needed one last story! Gareth and Peg are small town kids that dream of the sea, so cue the cross dressing and let the adventures begin!

From the Depths and Other Strange Tales of the Sea (British Library Tales of the Weird #1)

No Ships Pass by Lady Eleanor Smith ★★★★½

The intro was correct, this story, written in the early 1930s, could have been the basis for Lost.  Imagine a smaller cast that could not die.  Madness!

Hunting the Merrow (The Merrow Trilogy #2) by Heather Rigney ★★☆☆☆

Gruesome, brutal, and bleak.

Lots of rape and slaughter.

With a hopeless ending. 

Why? Why? Why?!?!

Waking the Merrow (The Merrow Trilogy #1) by Heather Rigney ★★★★☆

"They were the wide eyes of her aquatic cousins, unmistakable with the unnaturally large eye-sockets and light-colored irises. He was a merrow." 

Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1) by Mira Grant ★★☆☆☆

"They sang no songs of their own, only songs stolen from the victims of their hunger.” 

Boo to that ending! Boo I say! This book did not live up to the vicious promise of Rolling in the Deep.

Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep #0.5) by Mira Grant ★★★★☆

A gorrible mermaid tale in the spirit of David Wellington. It's short, fast paced, whimsical, and just sciency enough to hook you before the horror sets in. The eel KY was a nice touch.

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery ★★★★★

Yesterday I set off on a one mile walk with my dog and this audiobook - that mile became four because I didn't want to stop listening. I made dinner and listened. I ate dinner and listened. Tucked in my bed I listened into the wee hours. I woke up, brushed my teeth and listened. In short, I am completely hooked by this audiobook.

Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate by Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson, James B. Wood ★★★★★

My love for octopuses began with Sy Montgomery’s Soul of an Octopus. I have not eaten one since, it would be a crime against something magically beautiful and intelligent. 

Hunter of the Tide (The Kraken #3) by Tiffany Roberts ★★★★☆

I read this as a sultry part of Merfolk May.

There are sexually aggressive women and then there are kraken women. Once Rhea decides on Randall she will beat the crap out of anyone who gets in her way.