I can’t believe that there aren’t any more Sophie Cameron stories out there, because I fell in love with her writing style in Out of the Blue.

Crest has no interest in going on land and getting the "human" experience, but it's not up for negotiation, so now they're stuck with a human body until they can help someone. However, I felt the author wrote this into the book quite well, so while I disliked it, I didn’t hate it. Like, I get *why* Sean has to be a swimmer - so that his "oneness" with the water can help Ross see him as more than just a "self-centered narcissistic blowhole. The Bookseller quoted Cole and Heale as saying Truss "has been written off, belittled and undermined throughout her march to power", and expressing a desire to explain her rise to the prime minister's office.I really enjoyed following her narrative as she found the place she wanted to be in, and hope other readers do too. This review sounds harsh and more like a 2 star rating than 3 stars, but I want to point out that it isn't a bad book, especially for a debut novel.

Helping Sean win back his ex is a whole lot easier- and quicker- than finding a burning building to pull someone out of, so why not? There are some extremely tone deaf and hilarious quotes that I’m sad to know NO ONE will ever recognize. It's also nice to see a larger main character and love interest, and never have body image become a barrier. In general, the pacing and structure of the back half were a bit messy, which was a bummer after such a strong first half, and the ending also felt a little rushed.Like, I adored both Crest/Ross and Sean as characters, but their motivations and understanding around their relationship were very hard to follow in moments. And that's where this relationship fell apart for me -- I saw very little romance, just physicality-presented-as-love. Determined to catch one alive, and overcome with obsession, Jaya's father uproots their shattered family to Edinburgh. It all feels like a sad, slow dance, and I'm being passed back and forth between different partners: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, over and over and over again. I love books set within Great Britain, and Edinburgh is such a fun, vibrant city (especially during Fringe) that it was great to see this brought to life on the page.

I thought Sophie Cameron did a wonderful job of bringing Edinburgh to life, as well as making it believable that angels could crash land in the city. Now that's out of the way, we can proceed to why OUT OF THE BLUE is such a great book besides being cutely gay and almost too sugary(they do, indeed, consume like their own weight in sweets).And I KNOW that because I was 100% the formerly chubby child who swam their ass off and trained at that level. They may have been initially shallow-minded towards humans, but honestly who can blame them – humans suck. This quote may not be in the published version of this novel, it was copied from the advanced reader’s copy. Next thing you know, a Being comes crashing down right in front of Jaya and she is the only one around to see it and this one doesn't die! I liked how the author created this whole background on them, changed from the way many view mermaids.

Elder Crab warned us about this, about humans’ obsession with gender and how labels and rules mean so much to them when it comes to the body. At the risk of sounding like the kind of completely negative person I try so hard not to be, Out of the Blue is literally the first new book I’ve read in 2018 that I’ve liked. As a questioning teen I would have LOVED to read about Jaya, about how her sexuality isn't at the center of her problems, how, really, it's the LEAST of her problems. This instant New York Times bestselling novel from Jason June dives into the many definitions of the world home and shows how love can help us find the truest versions of ourselves.As a teen I enjoyed when my YA books had sex because it was like wow enlightening, so I can’t really comment on if it’s good or bad (I know there’s been debate). I know some people are not bothered by Fantasy elements like this but I always end up being a little frustrated. I used to love watching the TV series "H2O: Just Add Water", so of course I was excited to read this new queer take on a story about merpeople. So many fun tropes are in this book: the fake dating, opposites attract, the film-student obsessed with movies and wanting their own "movie moment" in real life, and the rushing against time to fulfil a goal trope.