I received a digital copy of this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jade is a young mermaid who is happily engaged to a young merman rising in social status. But things go wrong when she catches him trying to cover up the death of a naiad woman - creatures who are treated badly by mer society - and reports him to authorities. Soon Jade is in the centre of a war between two species and being blamed.

I picked this book up basically because I saw it was about a mermaid and I love mermaids! While I did like the society that jade lived in and how things were described, such as buildings, clothing and food, there wasn't much about this book that really grabbed be.

While the story itself is important enough as it highlights today's own struggles with racism in modern society, I felt like there could have been more action. It seemed like Jade did a whole lot of nothing and was repeating the same actions over and over again. I also thought the sudden appearance of Alexander a bit eye roll-inducing and it was so typical that she'd fall in love with a guy she hadn't seen in years. This story unfortunately was just bland and boring for me, and while the very last line peaked my interest I don't think I'd read any more in the series.