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Fred the Mermaid has taken the bait and chosen to date Artur, Prince of the Black Sea, over human marine biologist Thomas. And just in time. The existence of the Undersea Folk is no longer a secret, and someone needs to keep them from floundering in the media spotlight. Fred has all the right skills for that job, but has a hard time when her real father surfaces and tries to overthrow Artur's regime. Contains mature themes.Tags
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generalkala This is by the same author, in the same style, but with vampires instead of mermaids.
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OK. I confess. I love Fred. She's sarcastic, caustic, and bad-tempered. She's almost sex feet tall, has green hair, and grows a tail when in water. If you haven't yet read MaryJanice Davidson's series about Fredrika the Mermaid, you don't know what you're missing.
This trilogy is very funny, and "Fish Out of Water" is the final book in the series and a fitting ending for Fred. She finally has to choose between Artur, the hot and sexy Prince of the Undersea Folk, and Thomas, the hot and sexy doctor/author she's been hot for a long time. Poor Fred. But between press interviews as representative for the recently revealed Undersea Folk, hormonal and sexual issues trying to choose between Thomas and Artur, having to be 'best man' in her best show more buds wedding with all the attendant pain in the butt appointments, meeting her long-lost, banished, traitor to the Undersea Folk father, and a possible plot to overthrow (again) Artur's father the King...well, she's not having a very good week!
There's not a lot of sex in this series. There IS, however, an ocean (hah hah) of humor in these books. Fred is certainly an atypical heroine in every way. I'll be sad not to have more of her life and times to look forward to. show less
This trilogy is very funny, and "Fish Out of Water" is the final book in the series and a fitting ending for Fred. She finally has to choose between Artur, the hot and sexy Prince of the Undersea Folk, and Thomas, the hot and sexy doctor/author she's been hot for a long time. Poor Fred. But between press interviews as representative for the recently revealed Undersea Folk, hormonal and sexual issues trying to choose between Thomas and Artur, having to be 'best man' in her best show more buds wedding with all the attendant pain in the butt appointments, meeting her long-lost, banished, traitor to the Undersea Folk father, and a possible plot to overthrow (again) Artur's father the King...well, she's not having a very good week!
There's not a lot of sex in this series. There IS, however, an ocean (hah hah) of humor in these books. Fred is certainly an atypical heroine in every way. I'll be sad not to have more of her life and times to look forward to. show less
Another disappointing short-change from Davidson. If the font weren't so huge, and the spacing so absurdly stretched, this would barely qualify as a novella. At this point, Davidson is probably as stupidly rich as her unrealistically, and uniformly wealthy characters. I don't understand why she can't spend the time to actually write a full novel, a fully developed story. Is she really so greedy that she can't invest the time to create a complete story? It's too bad, because I do so like Fred the Mermaid...
I was excited to hear the MJD was ending a series. I was dismayed to find out it was my favorite, Fred the Mermaid. The Fred stories are filled with so much possibility. I could see them going on for quite some time yet before going fishy. It feels closer to time for Betsy the vampire queen (sorry Betz, I really do lurve you) to pack it in. As I grabbed this book off the shelf at the story, I flipped out that this is a Trilogy, as in just three. In all fairness, I am sure that this has been mentioned long before now, and I am just behind times. It was still a surprise to me.
In this 3rd (last..) intallment, Fred the grouchy mermaid, has chosen Arthur the sea prince to be her matey after Thomas, the biologist runs off with another show more Mermaid. Fred is buying a house, helping the Sea Folk come out to the public, and helping her best friend Jonas plan his wedding. When some sea folk go missing, and Fred's long-lost Sea Folk father shows back into her life with a splash, there is the perfect set up for some good times with Fred and her friends. The book has plenty of MJD's witty dialougue, and all our favorites from the trilogy make an appearance. Its still standard MJD fare here that the humorous situations make up most of the book and the actual 'mystery' is short and sweet. Sometimes that frustrates me, but here it really worked. If Fred must end, this was a good note to end it on. I give it a four star rating, because it was well done, fun, and I got the ending that I wanted from the beginning. show less
In this 3rd (last..) intallment, Fred the grouchy mermaid, has chosen Arthur the sea prince to be her matey after Thomas, the biologist runs off with another show more Mermaid. Fred is buying a house, helping the Sea Folk come out to the public, and helping her best friend Jonas plan his wedding. When some sea folk go missing, and Fred's long-lost Sea Folk father shows back into her life with a splash, there is the perfect set up for some good times with Fred and her friends. The book has plenty of MJD's witty dialougue, and all our favorites from the trilogy make an appearance. Its still standard MJD fare here that the humorous situations make up most of the book and the actual 'mystery' is short and sweet. Sometimes that frustrates me, but here it really worked. If Fred must end, this was a good note to end it on. I give it a four star rating, because it was well done, fun, and I got the ending that I wanted from the beginning. show less
This was a great ending to the trilogy, and I still really like that each book does stand on it's own. Yes, it's more fun to read them all, but there's no cliffhanger endings and each bit of mystery or adventure is wrapped up nicely each time. A bit of a spoiler, but like that every body gets their happy ending. These books kind of remind me of watching The Pirate Movie--irreverent, improbable, but so much fun. And they leave me with a warm squishy happy sort of feeling. Plus--mermaids! Fun!
On it's own as a part of the series, it's really entertaining. I kind of missed the King dropping F-bombs in this one, but with Jonas along for the ride it was still super funny. Great conclusion.
However, having sampled just about all of MJD's series, I find the same heroine is used over and over again. Fred is just Queen Betsy in a bad mood. If you don't mind, you'll love this series.
However, having sampled just about all of MJD's series, I find the same heroine is used over and over again. Fred is just Queen Betsy in a bad mood. If you don't mind, you'll love this series.
What's not to like about a grumpy mermaid named Fred? Nothing. The chemistry between Prince Artur and Fred is severely lacking, but the witty repartee between Jonah, her best friend, makes up for it. It's a delightful book, brain candy really since there's no thinking required [plotwise I mean]. It concludes the Fred saga nicely.
Fred the mermaid does it again. I love anything and everything written by MaryJanice Davidson and this book didn't disappoint. I like the idea of the story and even though there isn't a lot of plot twists or anything drastic happening in the books, there are still amazing books and they are perfect to read when you've only got a little time to spare and you want to really enjoy and laugh while you're reading.
When it comes to what happens in book, I was quite disappointed when it comes to certain relationship but that's just my opinion. I can't wait to read the next book because this series keeps getting better and better
When it comes to what happens in book, I was quite disappointed when it comes to certain relationship but that's just my opinion. I can't wait to read the next book because this series keeps getting better and better
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Author MaryJanice Davidson was born in August 1969. She writes primarily paranormal romance, but she has also written young adult literature and non-fiction. She is the author of the Undead series, the Jennifer Scales series, and the Fred the Mermaid series. She won the 2004 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- Fish Out of Water
- Original title
- Fish Out of Water
- Original publication date
- 2008-11-25
- People/Characters
- Fredrika "Fred" Bimm; Artur, Prince of the Undersea Folk; Dr. Thomas Pearson; Jonas Carrey; Tennian; Dr. Barbara Robinson (show all 7); Mekkam, King of the Undersea Folk
- Important places
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Epigraph
- I love treason but hate a traitor.
- Julius Caesar
It's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.
- Henry Miller
A mermaid's not a human thing
An' courtin' sich is folly;
Of flesh an' blood I'd rather sing,
What ain't so melancholy.
- E. J. Brady, "Lost and Given Over"
A reporter meets interesting people. If he endures, he will get to know princes and presidents, popes and paupers, prostitutes and panderers.
- Jim Bishop
Time Magazine: "Is it true that if you help a mermaid, you get one wish?"
Fredrika Bimm: "Shut up."
Fuck the fathers. They should know better.
- Pat Conroy, 'The Prince of Tides' - First words
- He stared, transfixed.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Fred buried her face in her bouquet and snorted laughter into the white roses
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