This book showed up in my mailbox in that beautiful brown packaging that comes from publishers. I think I may have won this as a Goodreads Giveaway, although I don't remember entering it (not entirely surprising because I enter a lot of giveaways).

However, I am so glad that I did receive this book, so thank you!

When I peeled back that brown paper, a face full of confusion that my fiancé thought I was faking, I immediately started laughing. I'm talking full-on belly laughs. I was not expecting a graphic novel titled "Thirsty Mermaids" to be in my hands.

I was hooked from page one. This is a full-color, beautifully illustrated, thick graphic novel. The best part: these pages are not glossy. They are pure ink and pure paper, which smells fantastic.

Okay, enough of the book-nerd geeking.

The story itself is surprisingly beautiful, considering the concept of the book. I only read the first paragraph of the synopsis because I prefer going into all of my books blind and the gist of the story is this: three mermaids walk into a bar.

I'm not even joking. The story starts out under the sea, where these mermaids are trying to get more alcohol. They run out and are unable to produce more of it. One of them comes up with the idea of salvaging the alcohol from "the source." Our world on land.

Even though it's forbidden, one of the mermaids is a sea witch and successfully casts a spell to give them legs. Now, all three of these land-bound mermaids try to find alcohol. After a crazy night, they wish to return home.

The sea witch realizes that she can't perform magic on land. They're stuck there.

This graphic novel is absolutely hilarious and is for adult eyes. We have tons of cursing, mild nudity, and some serious adult themes. I love the characters because they're eccentric and exciting to follow.

My favorite part of this graphic novel is that these mermaids are trying to adjust to our world after living their whole lives underwater. Pure metaphorical magic and genius.

Highly recommend!