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 I found this a rather refreshing novel and the pemise is certainly a new one, for me at least. The only thing preventing me from ranking this book higher was the fact that some parts of the book got confusing for me because of all of the information overload and in the end, I ended up skipping some pages (but only the boring ones.:D). 
 My favorite characters are of course, the fairies because really, who wouldn't want your very own personal fairies to provide comic relief? And naturally, a love triangle because which YA novel would be complete without one? :D But really, I found Nate to be most amazing and he's definitely a swoon-worthy pirate. Ariel, I'm not so sure, because while he did come back to Bertie in the end at the expense of his freedom, there's still a nagging feeling I have about him. It seems to me that he has some rather nefarious motives. 
 Truly, I'm excited to be borrowing the second book from the library because I really wanna know what happened to Nate after being kidnapped by Sedna. Quite honestly, I'm hoping they get together rather than Bertie and Ariel. :D