A fun read. A new jumbie is introduced, Mama D'Leau, controller of the oceans. She is a mercurial antagonist, terrifying due to her short temper but not without her endearing moments. There was a very touching storyline about the mermaids who live with Mama D'Leau and their origins. I appreciate the layers that Baptiste gives her antagonists. The settings switch between Corinne's island home, beneath the ocean, and Ghana. While I enjoyed the narrative opportunities afforded by the new locations, I felt that having multiple of them interfered with the deep sense of place I loved about the previous book. Of the 3 settings, the ocean was my favorite with its sense of mystery, the fantastic, and danger. This book has much less of the creepy factor than the 1st, which I also missed.