I wished Emily hadn't spoken her determination to keep the narwhal alive and had instead saved its life at the last second. The narwhal problem: I was upset at how quickly the narwhal death scene played out. It seemed to exist only to close the awkward third wheel position Shona had been filling. They saw each other, flirted, and then they were a "thing" without more than a handful of sentences shared. Shona and Seth's relationship was terrible. I can pass off the issues in Millie and Archie's relationship as slightly comical because Millie is a funny, overzealous character. They made up much too quickly for a couple that had been feuding throughout a majority of the book. I was very upset that Aaron had only kissed Emily because Archie had told him to, and I didn't feel that problem was well solved in the conclusion. I could have handled Archie becoming a villain if the plot was better written, but aside from Archie faking the removal of his memories and secretly working for Njord, I was unimpressed with the plan to destroy the world with a tidal wave, which should have taken up more than four or five chapters. Archie I kind of liked Archie, and I was disappointed he just became a villain and (I assume) died. Also, he threw a whirlpool at Aaron and Emily because he was jealous that they were in love? What is he, five? While I 100% support characters admitting their fears, it seems out of character for the king of the ocean (who, again, cursed Aaron's family and separated the Windsnaps) to do this. He seemed less greedy, angry, and serious, and admitted his fears to a bunch of twelve-year-olds. Really Windsnap parents and Aaron's mom (who really deserves a name)? You don't question that the king who jailed Jake Windsnap for years, ordered the drugging of Penelope, and nearly killed Aaron and his mother (and I believe DID kill his father) is taking your kids on vacation and insists you don't come? This doesn't faze you as slightly suspicious? Even thought memory drugging has been removed from Brightport, it would have been better to use that again than to expect us to believe paranoid Penelope would let her twelve-year-old go on a cruise with her boyfriend alone. A lot of the plot could have been planned better. Typically, authors don't describe luxury liners as much more than free food and sleeping, and Kessler seemed to know what she was talking about. Kessler had a very good description of the ocean liner. The answer to the non-existing mountain reflected in the lake. The detail was interesting, very colorful. Emily's sarcasm still made me laugh, although I think it was overused in some places. Positives: Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot that stood out to me. At first I wondered if I had just grown too old for the series, but taking another look, I just don't think this book was as well thought out or dramatic as the others in the series. I was a little disappointed with this book. The discovery of a lake of bubbles containing memories, scalding magical water that drips from the roof of a cave, a room of frozen merfolk and a memory stashing narwhal. Once in the Land of the Midnight Sun, Aaron and Emily begin searching inside the mountains for clues to Neptune's visions. They are forbidden to tell anyone of their mission, and must pretend they are vacationing to the North on an ocean liner. Beeston, who Neptune has sent as a chaperone with limited information about Emily and Aaron's quest. They must scour the "Land of the Midnight Sun", the only definite location Neptune can remember, void of any help from family, friends, or even Mr. "Land of the Midnight Sun" begins with King Neptune "summoning" Emily and Aaron to partake in a mission to find the answers to Neptune's mysterious dreams, which he insists are lost memories. Then, after another sea of demands from the fandom, Kessler wrote "Land of the Midnight Sun" as a continuation of the series. After Liz Kessler finished the series with "Castle in the Mist", (from what I understand) she received a slew of demands for the series to be continued, so she wrote "The Siren's Secret", the supposed ultimate conclusion of the Emily Windsnap saga which answered many questions and solved nearly every problem in the series. The series never failed to surprise me with its deep adventures, interesting characters, and perfect way of tying every loose end with its conclusion. Emily Windsnap was my all time favorite book series when I was twelve.
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