Lovable Alpha Bitch: Mandy becomes this after she reconciles with Emily.However, being in close proximity to Mer landmarks can bring Mary's memory back which Emily uses to restore her mother's memory. Laser-Guided Amnesia: Emily's mother Mary was given a memory-erasing drug to make her forget about her husband Jake when Neptune decreed that human and Mer couples were outlawed.Kraken and Leviathan: While the Leviathan has yet to show up the Kraken is the centerpiece of book 2.Beeston kept trying to erase her mother's memory of merfolk. Such pairings are frowned upon in mer society, to the point that Mr. Hybrid All Along: The Reveal in the first book is that the reason why Emily transforms into a mermaid when she's submerged in water is because she's half-human, half-merfolk.Happily Married: Despite a few rough patches due to the differences in cultures Emily's mother and father are very happy together.

Half-Human Hybrid: Emily is one as well as Aaron and Mr Beeson.

Interspecies Romance: Emily's mother Mary and Emily's father Jake.

I Choose to Stay: In book 7, After the grandfather, he never knew he had effectively dies right in front of him Aaron decides to stay at Forgotten Island because it's his family's ancestral home.While also a play on words with the homophonous word 'tale', taken literally, the title makes sense because the book is about Emily first learning about the mermaid world and her connection to it, which of course involves learning that she can grow a tail. Double-Meaning Title: The first book is titled The Tail of Emily Windsnap.Character Name and the Noun Phrase: Besides the first book, all the books are titled like this.Be Careful What You Wish For: A theme in the 9th book.Amicable Exes: Emily and Aarron break up at the end of Pirates Prince when they both realize they want different things out of life but promise to stay friends.Action Girl: Emily falls into this sometimes.

Summary of the tail of emily winsnap