A review by coralinejones
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

3.0

This was good! I kind of wanted more from it but I can't complain too much. I admittedly didn't read the description of the novel and went off the cover alone (it's so pretty and inviting, isn't it?) so I assumed this would have something to do with black mermaids. Because of that, the fantasy aspects lost me a bit. Despite that, the historical elements were done really, really well. You can tell the author did a lot of research and is very knowledgeable about what they're talking about. Even though this wasn't it for me, I can absolutely see others enjoying this a lot.