A review by kelsey24
False Mermaid by Erin Hart

2.0

I didn't realize this was the third book in a series, so I may have missed a lot of important background information. Overall, this was an intriguing book BUT I found it highly unrealistic. Trying to solve a murder from 5+ years ago, the amount of "new" evidence they just easily stumbled upon was unrealistic, especially when it came to DNA evidence that had been worn every day for 5+ years but still somehow managed to have uncontaminated DNA? Easily finding a murder victim that had disappeared 100+ years ago and walking through their house to find everything undisturbed for that long?

I also found it very transphobic in the last 20 pages or so. There was absolutely no reason at all to include that random aspect, except to demonize trans people and those that aren't 100% straight. Very disappointing and unnecessary.