Book review :
Mermaid of St. Moritz is the fifth book in the Mermaid of Venice series. It is very fast-paced, so there isn't a lot of words spent building up the action or scenery, but I didn't really mind the lack of excessive page space spent on pretty words. The characters still felt well-developed and the scenes are vividly depicted. Also, I see so many parallels drawn between the stories and our current political, cultural and environmental climate .

The author has meticulously entangled all the characters of all series and each character is portrayed vividly. Language is lucid and quite engaging.

I am thankful to @netgalley and the publisher for providing me this book in return of an honest review.
Overall a good read!

Absolutely loved reading this book. Couldn't put it down at all kept me pulled into it. 5 star book. Highly recommend it. This series keeps on getting better and better. Plan on rereading this series next year.

3.5⭐️

“Harper, there is a difference between biologically being human and having humanity.”

what can i say.
people change.
HEAR ME OUT!!

i’m not talking about gia. i don’t think she could change even if change ran her over with a car. but florent, he’s on some king shit, and i respect it. i just feel bad because gia is going to hurt him and he doesn’t deserve more pain from her. in fact, she brought him the greatest pain, but he got the last laugh in the end.

anyways this book gaslighted me so hard that i had to go back to the last book to reread and go over what happened.

i loved the idea of riley in the beginning but now… i don’t like her. she’s… needy. and she acts like a child when she doesn’t get what she wants which just feeds into the narrative that people in power must have it their way or they’re gonna inconvenience everyone and everything which brings me to my next point: this book is like game of thrones, get attached to no one.

i have always been team vittore from day 1 because he was the only one who she actually listened to and who’s words got through to her and i’m so grateful that she had him in her life growing up because i think he’s her only tie left to her humanity.

this book was madness with a cherry on top and i genuinely felt like too many things were happening all at once to the point where it was hard to keep up sometimes, regardless i’m excited to see how the author will tie this all up in the last book.

Gia is back in the penultimate installment of the Mermaid series.

I liked this book (3 stars means liked in my book) but felt the stakes weren’t as high as previous books. That being said, it ends on a few pretty big cliffhangers (even by Gia’s standards) so you know I’ll be back.

Gia is BACK! Mermaid of St. Moritz: Gia's Next Victim is another solid edition in the Gia Acquaviva / Mermaid of Venice series! Gia Acquaviva is a beautiful and rich Venetian woman who used to have a portfolio of clubs and casinos around the globe. She's also a mermaid and once kept an underwater graveyard filled with the bones of her former lovers. Her family’s roots descend from the mythological sirens of ancient Greece, but she’s taken every precaution to protect her anonymity and the existence of other mermaids. Unfortunately, her secrets are all out in public now. She's been accused of murdering her first true love and father of her just born child, she lost her business empire to her own kind, she’s had to fight tooth and nail to regain custody of her daughter, and now her world is on the brink of a merpeople civil war. She’s also had to face one of her failures - a still-alive former lover who’s got revenge on his mind but is offers his help when Gia has nowhere else to turn. The fifth installment picks up where Mermaid of Paris left off… Gia is continuing her affair with Riley while also stringing along her former-turned-current lover and sorta-savior Florent, who has been obsessed with her and cataloging her dealings ever since she tried to kill him. She’s still fighting furiously to regain control over her business dealings as well as protect her child from those who want to harm her or exploit her for her powerful gift. All while a worldwide civil war is brewing between the individual merpeople communities as well as between merpeople and humankind.

I'm so glad I took a chance on this book series - I don't read a lot of fantasy, but I was too intrigued by the comparison to Killing Eve to pass it up. Mermaid of St. Moritz is the fifth book in the Mermaid of Venice series, and each book is a novella or short novel that serves as a chapter for our main character in whichever city the action is taking currently set. I really liked how easy these books are easy to pick up and read in just one evening without interruption. They are very fast-paced, so there isn't a lot of words spent building up the action or scenery, but I didn't really mind the lack of excessive page space spent on pretty words. The characters still felt well-developed and the scene set. Also, I see so many parallels drawn between the stories and our current political, cultural and environmental climate - if seeing this kind of material in books is a trigger for you, you might want to stear clear. While this book didn’t have quite the same drama and action as the previous books, I have a feeling it’s purpose it to properly set the stage for the final explosive ending!