4.5 stars 
 Initial Impressions: Another beautiful installment in this series from Anna Banks. I was totally drawn in the whole book and I loved all the Syrena politics and the romance and the mystery. I loved it! 
 Review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Anna Banks has done it again! I fell in love with this mermaid -- sorry, Syrena -- world and the characters in it. OF POSEIDON was such an enjoyable read for me and I admit that I was a bit afraid to jump back in with OF TRITON for fear that it wasn't going to be as good. Nowadays, I live in fear of sequels and series for fear that the next book just won't live up to the first. In many ways, I think OF TRITON was actually better with more established characters, more complicated story lines, and a few shocking moments of its own! 
 I think the thing that really set OF TRITON apart from its predecessor was that now that we have the Syrena world all established, we can really dive into the politics and laws that govern our characters. Now I'm not one for politics, but the way the Syrena laws drove these story lines was fascinating! It seems all of the characters are tangled and caught in the webs of the laws and they all have to find a way to regain power, establish control, duck around the laws, or create new ones. 
 And of course, the driving force behind THIS, of course, is love. We've got a ton of pairs in this book. First, there's the Galen and Emma story. Their romance is the steamiest of course and there were quite a few moments when Galen got my blood boiling as well as Emma's (in a good way)! We have the old yet new romance of Grom and Nalia and the new struggle that they must face of how they can possible get back together when Nalia has supposedly been dead all of these years. Then lastly -- which involves two of my favorite characters -- is Toraf and Rayna. I love Toraf's humor and sarcasm but at the same time how attentive he is to Rayna. He's able to show sensitivity yet handle her fiery nature all at once. They're definitely my favorite of the bunch! Although yes, yes, of course I love Galen and Emma too! 
 I also loved getting to see more of some of the secondary characters. Toraf and Rayna were prominent in book one but I feel like they had much more of a story line in OF TRITON and their own personal plot that also intermingled with Emma and Galen's. We get to see so much more of Emma's mother, hear more about her past, and get to see her in a totally different light. We always knew Emma took after her mother, but now we get to see some of that ferocity from her as well as Emma! And lastly, we spend a lot of time in the water with various other Syrena. I really enjoyed seeing different aspects of Syrena life, their laws, and new characters that surprised me on so many levels! 
 OF TRITON leaves us with several high points, but also one shocking moment that took my breath away. Anna Banks left us with one whopper in OF POSEIDON but OF TRITON closes with a whole different type of shocker and that was honestly one place I did not think the book would go. In a way, I was upset but in a way, it gave the book a little extra dash of serious and drama. I thoroughly enjoyed it and devoured the book in a single afternoon! Lots of action, adventure, and romance in this one and I think fans of OF POSEIDON will not be disappointed!