The EMILY WINDSNAP Series

After picking up the first Philippa Fisher book used, I checked the Emily Windsnap series out of the library. They're cute books and I recommend them to anyone who wants a bit of light reading about modern mermaids.

Each book contains a pretty dramatic adventure and some of the concepts would be a little scary for younger kids. The high stakes challenges are what kept me coming back. The characters are all fun, but it was the missions Emily faced each time and learning a little more about the mer world that were most interesting to me.

They're very quick reads, but you still get a good story for the couple hours or so it takes to whip through the book.

LIZ KESSLER: Philippa 1

I picked this up in a thrift store, because it looked cute, and it really was. It's got a very unique view of how the world works and what things are fairy godmothers. I always appreciate books that bring new ideas to the fantasy table and this sure does.

Basically, it's like what would happen if you (an 11-year-old girl) had a fairy godmother? But she was your age and a mean girl. Both main characters are a bit exasperating at times. Philippa's meekness gets old and Daisy's overblown bitchiness. Things work out in the end, of course, but it's a fun read to see how they end up that way.

It's written in the split chapter style, half Philippa's PoV and half Daisy's, which works quite well for this book.

I enjoyed it enough to pick up a couple of the author's Emily Windsnap mermaid series on ebay and I'll likely get all the books in both series. Not sure if I'll review them all here, since they're pretty basic, but I'm definitely going to read them all.