Fathom by Elsa Jade [Review]

Fathom (Mermaids of Montana #3) by Elsa Jade
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: March 1, 2021

Mermaids of Montana
1. Maelstrom
2. Coriolis
3. Fathom - Kindle

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(find all books in the series on the 1st book review)
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1. Alpha Star

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Black Hole Brides
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Cyborg Cowboys of Carbon County
1. Mach One

Beast Battalion
1. Cross

Elsa Jade
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

If Tritona’s war is over, who feeds the forgotten sharks of war?
Designed and trained to be a war-torn planet’s merciless killing machine, Sting was sent to the deeps when the battles ended. But the end of the fighting doesn’t always mean peace. Then one of the Wavercrest women from Earth goes missing, and he’s tasked with finding her. But how can this one small mission soothe the monster he was made to be?

She thought the seas were deep and dark and dangerous, but then she looked inside…
Lana Wavercrest has been running for what feels like forever. She thought she’d finally found her home on a faraway ocean world…only to discover that her heritage—the same unnerving powers that ruined her life on Earth—is considered a curse on Tritona too. Is there nowhere in the universe she can be herself?

But when Tritona’s enemy returns, they will have one last chance to decide the fate of worlds—and their lonely, drifting hearts.

Thoughts on Fathom: First off, let it be known that I have THE BIGGEST soft spot for for heroes who are just train wrecks when it comes to social niceties. The type where it's not that they're being all edgy and rebellious as the buck the norms, but they're just CLUELESS when it comes to interacting with people. When those heroes happen to be aliens EVEN BETTER.

Basically, Sting is awesome. He's blunt. He's a little clueless. He has NO idea what to do with Lana since she's small and easily breakable. Except, you know, she isn't. She has her zaps and they can be formidable. As Sting accidentally found out.

As for Lana, she's sort of over the whole other world thing. At least that's what she tells herself. Given how she was treated on Tritona, can you really blame her for tucking her tail between her legs and fleeing back to Earth? She doesn't want to stay where she's not wanted so she heads back to the only place she knows. And Sting follows. Which leads to the two of them spending time together and THINGS HAPPEN.

Tritona's enemies are still trying to win the war they conceded, Lana and Sting generate some steam, and a WHOLE lot of mysteries are unearthed. I do love those clueless aliens who also happen to be deadly and these two WORKED for me.