The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

3.82 AVERAGE

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ltorrice's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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amberastra's review

3.0
adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kaywiggles's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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username1123's review

4.0
Girl dresses up as a boy and joins brother on pirate ship to escape poverty. Noble girl goes on pirate ship disguised as a transport ship to get married. Romance, mermaids, magic, and a plot to destroy the pirate supreme to weaken the sea’s power and make trade easier. Happy ending. LGBT.

Kinda weird that someone raised in a homophobic noble household would even know what pronouns to immediately use. Sad witch’s story.

viridiandays's review against another edition

3.25
adventurous hopeful medium-paced
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yuna's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

basma22's review

4.25
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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bridneyn11's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cocogogo's review

4.0
By the end, I really loved this book. The ending was unexpected but perfect, and the threads of magic and the ever-present commentary on imperialism really made this a worthwhile read. Only 4 stars because of graphic violence and gore. But please PLEASE give me more magical queer romances with ambiguous character alignments, because I love love love characters like Evelyn, Flora/Florian, Rake, and Alfie!!

nepthyron's review

4.5
adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes