Happy Dreams at Mermaid Cove

Written by Marie Laval

Narrated by Sarah Barron

Soundings and Choc Lit present the audio edition of Happy Dreams at Mermaid Cove. When Jenna Palmer agrees to the new position of mobile librarian on the tiny Arrandale peninsular of the Isle of Skye, she knows she’s signing up for difficult working conditions and mediocre wages. But Jenna needs to get away...However, whilst Jenna can get to grips with foggy island roads, local mermaid legends and even big purple monsters, she never expected to have to contend with a boss as grumpy as Daniel McGregor, or a young book lover as enthusiastic as his niece, Katrina. Arrandale might represent Jenna’s safe port in a storm, but could she also become a beacon of hope to Daniel, Katrina and the island community?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soundings
• Release date: Jul 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781407996288

Reviews for Happy Dreams at Mermaid Cove

[Shrimp Perator · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable and cute overall. I do think some of the characters are way exaggerated - mainly the antagonists, who are just unrealistically evil at times. There really isn't a single antagonistic character in here who is evil for a comprehensible reason. And that is all the more noticeable, because of the abundance of "evil" characters - I can think of at least 7 at the top of my head. In my opinion, a good antagonist always has (probably flawed) reasons to do what they're doing.

Other than that, a few convenient plot holes here and there, but nothing too bad. Also, the audio could have been cleaned up a little better: there are some rather loud mouth noises at times I found a little off putting.

If you don't go in expecting to be wowed, it's enjoyable enough.