About the Book

Book: The Locket’s Revenge (Chronicles of the Undersea Realm Book 2)

Author: L. E. Richmond

Genre: YA Fantasy (Little Mermaid Retelling)

Release date: October 22, 2024

A Trinket Could Unleash a Tempest

Locklyn Adair thought that finding the Sea Enchantress would lift her family’s curse. But the ramifications of her desire for a tail reach further than she could ever have dreamed. Now the entire Undersea Realm is in peril, as Circe, armed with the locket capable of controlling the Loch Ness monster, journeys to the North Sea in pursuit of revenge.

Darin Aalto’s specialty is tracking down treasure. When it looks as though a magical locket has fallen into evil hands, he joins Locklyn and her crew on an expedition to recover it, hoping to find a key to his past identity along the way. Despite having no memory of the Mermaid leading the quest, he wonders if she was more than a friend all along.

As a vengeful enchantress, fiery monster, and impending war threaten the Undersea Realm, Locklyn and Darin must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stop the locket’s revenge.

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My review

It is the life we live, rather than the body in which we live it, that Is of true value.

This book picks up right where THE MERMAID’S TALE ends. And wow does it deliver. Book one does end on a cliffhanger, and I was thrilled the author doesn’t waste any time in moving right into this continued adventure with even more stakes, twists, and surprises. I did appreciate the author working in some great reminders of the first book’s key points. Even though it has only been a month since I read book one, it’s been a year since it was released.

Locklyn, Darin and company are back. En route to stopping the sea witch from releasing destruction. The plot moves fast and I am still a fan of the characters. Even the villains. Each are so well done and there is a great variety in personalities. The dual POV carries the story to different levels. Especially with both he and Locklyn’s differences. For fear of spoilers, I don’t want to say much else, but know you are in for one amazing adventure.

Definitely start with book one, THE MERMAID’S TALE, so you have the history and character’s motivations. This is a great series that has adventure, heart, mermaids, monsters, and so much more!

I received an eARC from the publisher for tour purposes. All views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

L.E. Richmond was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest by an American writing teacher and a German bookseller. Her childhood largely consisted of imagining stories for her Playmobil

characters and checking out as many books from the library as would fit on six library cards. Now she spends her time chasing three little Muggles, reading aloud to the hazel-eyed young man who has her heart, and attempting to transfer the stories in her head into words for others. Her passion is for words and stories that thrill the soul, and she is endlessly amazed by the One who not only used words to bring this world into being but also crafted the most epic story of all time.

More from L.E.

Somebody is going to die. But they didn’t at first.

Minor spoiler alert, a character is going to die near the end of The Locket’s Revenge. But in my first draft of this story, this person didn’t die. It wasn’t until I was going back through and trying to flesh out the book a bit that I realized that this character needed to die. My family knows that I am a discovery writer, but they still laughed when I told them how so-and-so squeaked through alive on the first draft, but the death sentence came in the second one. To me, this is actually one of the most fun things about being a discovery writer. During the drafting process, I get to experience the story for the first time, just like any reader. Most of the time, I don’t actually know what is going to happen next. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.