The Mermaid, the Witch, and the sea

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Tokuda-Hall, Maggie	4-week checkout	Due 05-25-2024
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Tokuda-hall, Maggie	4-week checkout	Due 05-20-2024

A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic. Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. The brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don't trust, don't stick out, don't feel. When the pirates prepare to sell their unsuspecting passengers into slavery, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is en route to a dreaded arranged marriage with her own casket in tow. The pair set into motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood, which causes men to have visions and lose memories) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, and the all-encompassing Sea itself.

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Magical adventure submitted by mollykleinman on July 29, 2022, 10:18am An exciting and magical adventure. Great choice for fans of Our Flag Means Death. Not your typical beach read, but would definitely be fun to read on a beach.

Good idea but falls a little short submitted by Princess Cimorene on August 17, 2023, 10:50pm I really liked the concept of this book but something about the story fell a little flat for me. Maybe I wanted more from the witch. It was like the story didn't quite fully flex its potential for me. I would try reading this author again for sure though.