~2.5 stars round up

The book follows Zoe, an ordinary student but something she doesn't know she is the reincarnation of the mermaid queen who mysteriously got murdered. Baxter, is Zoe's professor who teach mythology in her university, and also the previous mermaid queen's guardian. So he tells Zoe that she is the reincarnation of the queen. With the mermaid realm slowly losing its power, Zoe need to looking for who killed her in her previous life and defeating the killer and reunited the sacred five stones to save the realm.

As soon as I read the blurb, I think the premise is intriguing and I'm curious of this book! Mermaid? Murder mystery? Magic? Okay, I'm down for it. The story pace is fast and the chapters are short so it makes the book easy and fast to read, but the claim for New Adult book? I don't think so, I feel like this book really giving the teen novel vibes from the plot until the romance part, so feel a lil bit betrayed? disappointed?

The characters are lovely especially Lil, well she isn't the main character but I love her more than the main character itself, she's such a mood and she's probably my fave characters. But one thing for sure, the author didn't give us time to get to know the characters, like it goes straight into the plot. Meanwhile it's fascinating to know different kind of mermaids and its power, although it doesn't make sense that the almighty Purple-Tails who possessed many powers got killed easily. I think it'll more make sense if the Purple-Tails just possessed one specific power just like the other colored-Tails. Last, not really a fan for its romance sub-plot but still can enjoyed it.

Thank you Netgalley, Michelle Sauer, and BookGoSocial for providing me the e-ARC in exchange of my honest review!