A review by chenoadallen
Merrow by Ananda Braxton-Smith

4.0

I really loved this book. It's really a story about relationships and loss and growing up. If you want a supernatural tale, this isn't it. I actually enjoyed the ambiguity around whether mermaids and the like exist - it feels appropriate to the story about Neen and her family (we never really know another person's motivations - like why her mother left). I couldn't tell when the story was set - which actually didn't bother me - but given that the author bothered to get old norse translations (and emphasized the Christians just showed up), I'm not sure muddling the time frame was intentional. Although other reviews that the characters weren't fleshed out enough to feel sympathy for them, I thought the characterization was pretty good, especially Ushag.