↣ Highly recommend if you are looking for a relatively short urban fantasy about mermaids with underlying themes of trauma, belonging, climate change, gender identity, ++ it's packed... while seamlessly weaving it into an endearing plot. Especially one that you get through quickly with a slightly darker tone. ↢

⇢ content warnings//

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Animal death, Attempted suicide, Grief, Hallucinations, Slavery (past), Self-harm, Trauma

I didn't like my review so I deleted it and I feel like other reviews gave this more justice than I did so! :D

“But Yetu wanted to remember how she remembered, with screams. She had no wish to transform trauma to performance. To parade what she’d come to think of as her own tragedies for entertainment.”