Book Review When We Believed In Mermaids

When we believed in mermaids by barbara o neal my rating.

Book review when we believed in mermaids. They describe themselves as soul mates and sisters but also have romantic love proving the depths of the heart are deeper than the depths of the sea. When we believed in mermaids by barbara o neal is a 2019 lake union publication. My opinion of when we believed in mermaids.

A drama that probes the complexity of family sisterly bonds and the power of love and forgiveness kit s sister josie died years ago during a terrorist attack. When we believed in mermaids is told through flashbacks as kit bianci is watching the news one night and sees her sister josie on the news outside the scene of a disaster in new zealand. O neal does a great job of setting the scene in this book and not making us wait for the point of the book to be revealed.

A drama that probes the complexity of family sisterly bonds and the power of love and forgiveness. The same is true about when we believed in mermaids including the quibbles. 4 of 5 stars when we believed in mermaids by barbara o neal is a 2019 lake union publication.

Showing that it comes in all shapes and sizes. The only problem with this is her sister died 15 years ago so how can she possibly be in new zealand. I picked up when we believed in mermaids because i enjoyed the art of inheriting secrets by this same author very much with just a few quibbles.

Both are stories where events in the present cause the narrator s to search through their own pasts as well as the past of a place that they become involved with in the course of the story so if you like one you ll definitely like the other. But while watching television footage of a club fire kit swears that one of the people stumbling out of the smoke and debris is josie. But the book was deeper than your average mystery novel so let s dive right in.

It is beautifully told from the perspectives of both kit and her long lost sister josie tugging at the heartstrings and flooding the reader with raw emotion. If you re looking for a lighter summer read that is centered upon family drama and a slight dash of mystery then i highly recommend this one to you. I had been eyeing when we believed in mermaids by barbara o neal for months before my book club voted it for our monthly read in september.