Plenty of dialogue and Ledwidge's soft, dreamlike line drawings add textual and visual interest, making for a zippy story in an attractive package. She keeps the story moving, with each chapter posing a new problem. Kessler combines the whimsy of life as a mermaid with the problems of an average middle-schooler.
So begins an adventure that takes the girl to a secret castle where she learns that she may not be as unique as she previously thought. When the king finds out that she has hidden it from him, he is furious and puts a curse on her: at the next full moon, she will become all human or all mermaid, whichever he chooses. After awakening King Neptune's fearsome monster in book two, Emily has vowed to stay out of trouble, but that is exactly what she finds in a magic ring from the ocean floor. Still, this third book in the series finds her preoccupied with her parents' escalating bickering.
She's living with her recently reunited parents (a human mother and merman father), she has a best friend, and she loves her new school. Gr 3-6- Half-human/half-mermaid Emily should be happy.
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