Fairly clean read, except for the few instances of violence/death. Some conflicts, romance, and a happy ending. Though the characters are certainly older, this emotionally seems to be more of interest to middle grade readers.

This is a quick read, captivating if but for the brief moments of reading it, and satisfying to end the series (other books found here). Can they bring a greater glory to Neptune or will their society be exposed and exploited by the human world? Both Emma and Galen must deal with the pressures their society and customs place on their relationship and that realistically they might not have a future together. While he figures out how to get out of this mess and back to Emma, all without endangering his brother, Emma is busy being romanced by Reed and seduced into advocating for Neptune’s rights with her grandfather and mother. All seems perfect and idyll in this little town, or is it? When Emma and Galen get in a fight over their future, Galen threatens to leave, storms out, and is kidnapped by Syrena thugs. They meet a Half-Breed boy named Reed who lives in Neptune, and the town is full of freshwater Syrena and Half-Breeds that live harmoniously with humans. He doesn’t give her any more clues, and when Emma and Galen make a stop at a nearby lake, they get a very big surprise. They were already planning to head into the mountains, but Emma’s grandfather, King Antonis, asks her to visit a small town near Chattanooga, TN called Neptune. Galen is still mourning the death of Rachel, his human friend/mother figure, and seems to need space from the kingdom and his brother Grom’s kingly pressures. The final book in the Syrena Legacy trilogy, in Of Neptune, Emma and Galen have a great need for a vacation.

Of neptune anna banks