Despite how gorgeous this cover is, this book did not in any way live up to my expectations. I was super excited about this being my beach read since I knew it was about mermaids. Unfortunately there is only one scene where the mermaids actually act like mermaids. The majority of the time the girls are essentially just chain smoking, scantily clothed sluts. I seriously question what this author sees as beauty and how he views women. There were some parts where the language used to the describe the girls was just plain awful and rude. I was really just not very impressed at all by this novel.