Kindle Edition Mya O'Malley- Author Page Amazon Mya O'Malley website Mya O'Malley Facebook Category:  Young Adult/Teen Publisher: Solstice Publishing ISBN-10:  1625261799 Type: Fiction Pages: 134 Copyright: January 14, 2015 Price: $2.99 (eBook) Miranda's Choice- What would you choose? Have you ever felt that the grass is greener everywhere else? Meet Miranda James.  Miranda has a problem. Her friends and family are wrapped up in themselves, so clueless. With divorced parents, a mother who is always on her case and a new step-mother on the horizon, Miranda wishes that everybody would just grow up. In a moment of magic, Miranda is mysteriously pulled into the life of a charming mermaid and her adventurous daughter. Why can’t her life be so carefree and exhilarating? Why can’t her own mother be more like Abigail, the mermaid? Be careful what you wish for though. Only through self-realization can Miranda figure out that perhaps the grass is not always greener. Held captive in an underwater paradise, Miranda wishes to desperately recapture the life she used to have. Through many twists and turns, Miranda is caught up in a whirlwind of emotions, including finding her first true love.             Miranda is faced with making a decision that will not only affect her own life, but also those around her. What would you choose?           Excerpt Have you ever felt that the grass is greener everywhere else? Meet Miranda James. Miranda has a problem. Her friends and family are wrapped up in themselves, so clueless. With divorced parents, a mother who is always on her case and a new step-mother on the horizon, Miranda wishes that everybody would just grow up. In a moment of magic, Miranda is mysteriously pulled into the life of a charming mermaid and her adventurous daughter. Why can’t her life be so carefree and exhilarating? Why can’t her own mother be more like Abigail, the mermaid? Be careful what you wish for though. Only through self-realization can Miranda figure out that perhaps the grass is not always greener. Held captive in an underwater paradise, Miranda wishes to desperately recapture the life she used to have. Through many twists and turns, Miranda is caught up in a whirlwind of emotions, including finding her first true love. Miranda is faced with making a decision that will not only affect her own life, but also those around her. What would you choose?

Another Winner
Life can be rough at age 14. Miranda is trying so hard to figure out her place in her family, in life, and what she wants. There are so many changes and expectations placed on her and when a wish ends up with surprising results, she realizes that maybe the life she had wasn't so bad after all.

Miranda is a pretty typical teen. Her emotions are fickle and her loyalties are conflicted, yet fierce. The relationship she has with her parents is realistic, as is her friendship with her best friend. I enjoyed seeing the realizations and growth that took place within her. I also enjoyed watching her find her first love. She has some serious decisions to make, especially for one so young. I could feel her struggle with making those choices. Mermaids are fascinating creatures and I love the way this story is done in an imaginative way to show an option of how humans and mermaids interact and associate.

I love the way it all wrapped up. Some of the twists and turns took me by surprise, but that ending. Oh, how I loved it!