#52 Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

When a story lets you know how it ends on the very first page it does take the sting out of a bit. The story does take the idea of a fake documentary on mermaids and says surprise they are real and not what you were hoping for. The idea that the filming crew has hired fake mermaids is brilliant and has everyone under contract with so many restrictions on what they can do on the boat and who they can talk to is amusing. Of course knowing that this is a doomed voyage does make almost any humor have a cutting edge to it as the reader knows more than the crew.  I enjoyed the story and was sad that it was over too quickly but I so want to see more of these mermaids even if it means more people have to die in the story

#53 New Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Pure Insanity by Sean Ryan, Jeremy Roberts

Review on hold per publisher request until July 21st.

I decided to read this for review since DC is doing a Suicide Squad movie.  I wasn’t familiar with some of the villains that are being used on the squad but with this collection you do get some back story on some of them.  The collection covers two missions that are not made up of all the same members since people get hurt. The idea that the government is offering time off of sentences in exchange for doing shady work that if things go wrong they will be completely denied being part of a government job.  It was an enjoyable read but with it being on the darker side I don’t think I’ll keep up with it. The happy moments in the pages were few and far between.


Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley