Stranded by Lauren Smith – a Review

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This is an anthology with a number of authors.  But Stranded by Lauren Smith is the only book we are reviewing.

Songs of the Deep (book 2) anthology
Travel back beneath the waves with those who lost their lives beneath them. Saved by Posideon himself, these merpeople are more than they appear. The tides welcome you back for tales of revenge, love, and more.

Songs of the Deep Anthology – volume 2 brings tales from talented authors:
D.C. Gomez
MK Mancos
JC Brown & Lena Lane
Brigit Rosé
Nicole Zoltak
Lexi Ostrow
Whitney Gayle
Feral Thorne
Casia Pickering
Lauren Smith (Stranded)
Destinee Nagel
Laura Hawks
Laura Greenwood
Marie Catherine Regalado

Stranded Review:

Stranded by Lauren Smith is a novella, which is part of the Songs of the Deep Volume 2 Anthology.  Hudson doesn’t believe in mermaids. But he knows something took his parents from him on a dark and stormy night. And his uncle that was on the same boat was found muttering about something, and he doesn’t ever go on the water! And on stormy nights, his uncle hides in his home! 

And that’s where we find Hudson, on a boat in the middle of a storm! He’s sure he can hear his name being called…. He’s also very certain he’s seen something in the water! But nothing prepares him for finding a mermaid on his boat! A freaking mermaid! But she’s hurt! And Hudson’s instincts are to help, he’ll sort the rest out later…..

Talia was once human. Falling overboard one night at a boat party, she’s given the option of drowning! or becoming a mermaid! Living with her pod (group of merpeople) she’s happy, but she also longs to walk along the shore and return to being human…. 

It’s also instant attraction for Hudson, he’s totally besotted with his little mermaid. For Talia it started out as a vow to watch over him, slowly it turned into something else….

So how will a mermaid and human ever be together? 

This is a really short story, and I’d love the author to continue the story into a series (so much potential) it’s also in an anthology based on the sea. I haven’t read any of the other authors, but I’ve added it to my TBR list (I’ll return at some point.) 

It’s based really loosely on the little mermaid fairytale. 

I throughly enjoyed it, and I’m left wanting more (but in a good way 😉) 

🦋 Julie