pickOverall, I liked this installment of the Wayward Children. In this one we get to explore the other school for children who have entered mysterious doors. The one thing I didn‘t love was the body shaming, it just felt unnecessary for the plot. 4⭐️
pickA small ship went to the Mariana trench to film a mockumentary. No one survived, only short video clips of what appears to be mermaids killing everyone is left behind. Now 7 years later a cruise ship filled with ambitious scientists go back to find these sirens.
A good build up leading to a lot of bloody action but the ending fell flat with unanswered questions.These creatures are what nightmares are made of, they are many and they are vicious
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pick163 pages of words and pain from the deep. What if when enslaved, pregnant Black women who were thrown into the sea by colonizers on the Middle Passage survived, becoming merfolk? The Wajinru are these descendants, and none of them remember their story—except one. Yetu retains each painful memory of trauma and joy, and it is her responsibility to pass their history down. But, the pain of it is too much to bare. When she returns to the human ⬇️
…there are legacies of triumph for every legacy of trauma. Everything is always changing, which means nothing can ever be hopeless. The battering rush of tides shapes and smooth rock, carves out new lands.
so-soI just spent over an hour writing down my thoughts on Goodreads if you want to know what I thought in full, but in short:
This was a spectacular piece of writing about infatuation, obsession, misery, loneliness, emptiness, selfishness, relationships, & staring into the void.
Having said that, the MC is a toxic, judgemental, superficial narcissist who behaves in some truly unforgiveable ways.
And I'm not sure it was intentional.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The picture doesn‘t do the holographic cover justice; it‘s so pretty 😍
I got this book from the wonderful @wanderinglynn when she had her #49bdaygiveaway! I am one of three lucky winners to get some #bookmail!!!
I can‘t wait to read it! 📕
