#64 Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

If you haven’t read Rolling in the Deep, it doesn’t hurt you at all to read Into the Drowning Deep. This book is set seven years after the novella where everyone is killed by the mermaids that no one thought were real. It isn’t a spoiler since they tell you right from the beginning that everyone dies on the first page of the story. Knowing that happened to the last crew there are people that still want to go back and prove that the mermaids are real and possibly bring them back to shore. Not every scientist onboard the ship believes but the chance to get some data from the Mariana Trench has them agreeing to this mission. The same film company that funded the previous trip is bankrolling this one and they are taking some safety precautions including a husband and wife team of big game hunters.

The story is great and the tension is constant once contact is made. The science to the mermaids is well thought out and even still you want to know more about them. A great story and plenty of room left for more tales in this story universe. Hopefully there will be more.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss