airinefferin 's review for:

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

5.0

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This kind of poetic writing gives me vibes of Night Circus mixed with the little mermaid, although don’t be mistaken I don’t think its a retelling of little mermaid at all. At first the title also reminded me os CS Lewis’ the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.

Here are some things I enjoyed about this story.

1. Swashbuckling pirates. Where is the sign-up sheet? I want to apply to be on board the Leviathan with the Pirate Supreme.

2. Strong heroines. And even women villains are strong and cool. I no longer want to read books with limpid female characters. No no no. Time for revolution ladies!

3. Magic. Yes.... we loves magicsies. Lovely mysterious magicsies.

4. The Sea. Being a diver, I love anything that gives the ocean a voice and shows how much humans have done damage to it - I know this can get preachy but it’s true - especially after you’ve seen with your own eyes fishlines cutting manta rays and hooks dragging through living corals... humans deserve the wrath of the sea, we really do. Sigh. Glad the sea got some fictional revenge here.

Pick up this book, you will not regret it... I mean did I also mentiom how CHEAP IT IS??? The Kindle version was like 2.99 USD.