Is it the right time for this amazing series to end?!

Mermedusa

Author and Illustrator: Thomas Taylor @ThomasHTaylor

Published by: Walker Books @WalkerBooksUK @WalkerBooksYA

Published on: 7th September 2023

Price: £7.99

First line: Time.

Genre: Mystery

Age: 9+

ISBN: 978 1 5295 0213 8

What’s it all about? This is the fifth and final book in the Eerie-On -Sea mystery series, accompanying Herbie and Violet in their search for the truth about a wide range of strange occurrences in their small seaside town. Unbelievably, this is just a year on from their first adventure. All the well-loved characters are there again and what a dramatic way to say goodbye. The mermonkey grinds and cauterwaults to a catastrophic stop; Erwin, the talkative cat, talks again; Sebastian Eels reveals more of his terrible past; Mr Mollusc does too; and…the Malamander is getting closer! Additionally, some new characters are determined to make Eerie famous through their podcast, or at least, make themselves famous.

Why should I read it? What a question?! Apart from the wonderful prose and unique characters, and the creative story arc you mean? This is the perfect story for long winter nights covered up with a blanket. Like Herbie wonders, ‘”Could be midday,” I suggest. “Why do you always go for the most alarming option?”‘, nothing in Eerie happens normally, if a sense of mystery can be added, it will be. The book oozes sea mist, hot chocolate, and shadows around the corner. If you, like I, have been waiting a long time to find out the truth about the Malamander, there is no other reason needed to read this book. Just don’t skip to the last chapter. Enjoy the mystery, unfolding page-by-page, lick-by-lick just like eating an ice cream in the summer. But don’t expect to find anywhere to eat one in the winter, in Eerie-On-Sea.