A cursed mermaid seeks revenge against the brother who betrayed her while fighting to protect her secrets and her life in the realm of Atlantis.
🧜♀️ I was aprehensive going into this one. I love a good YA read, but stories about mermaids can just go so wrong sometimes. Its that fine line between believable and fantasy that the author has to balance on. This authors balance is impressive for sure. I loved the myths and stories! Im not entirely sure how many of them existed already and how many of them were fabricated, but thats what makes it so good! They all fit!
🧜♀️ I honestly dont know if this is a spoiler or not, but other reviewers are talking about it, so here we go. This story is basically a prequil villain story for the Hans Christian Anderson version of the little mermaid. The synopsis said nothing about this, and im not sure if im upset or pleased at being blindsided with this information, but I think pleased?
🧜♀️ If you are familiar with both the disney version and the Hans Christian Anderson version, it is very clear which one the author was inspired by.
🧜♀️ This story was more serious and a lot deeper than i expected it to be as a teen read, which i thought was great. It made the introduction to the human world so believable.
🧜♀️ I loved the love story here. It was a serious slow burn. So slow! But that made sense to the characters. She was never properly loved, and he was always so considerate.
🧜♀️ the only thing that didn’t make sense to me is that he was so put together after his most recent tragedy (no spoilers😅). By the way that he spoke about it, it seemed like it happened ages ago, but in actuality, it happened right before he met her. It just seemed to me like he would have been a little more torn up about the whole thing.
🧜♀️ The way my jaw dropped and my heart broke. Repeatedly, it seemed! This story had a lot more feeling than I expected.
🧜♀️ If you love The Little Mermaid or any other such stories, I encourage you to grab this one!
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