When I first looked at the cover, I was like, oh, it's a Little Mermaid retelling. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this was actually about Barnum's Feejee mermaid when I read the summary!!

This was quite the lovely tale with beautiful prose and enveloped in cool world building. I'm always a big oddity fan so I found everything about Barnum's oddities fascinating, even though the man himself was quite the fool!

I struggled with Amelia at times. I loved her yet was annoyed with her because yes, she was strong, but when it came to the religion and feminist-type talk I got quite annoyed. I'm all for the strong and independent woman but sometimes it can be too much. This, of course, didn't affect the book from being five stars! Levi, on the other hand, was so sweet and caring and he still had some "manly" views, but he always wanted what was best for Amelia—for her to have a choice.

Overall, this was a great read, but don't expect it to be fast pacing. It was a slower journey, but one where I cared about all the words inside!