Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s sweeping fantasy debut, full of stolen memories, illicit mermaid’s blood, double agents, and haunting mythical creatures conjures an extraordinary cast of characters and the unforgettable story of a couple striving to stay together in the face of myriad forces wishing to control their identities and destinies. A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with. Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s debut YA novel, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, is a sweeping fantasy that rotates between multiple characters’ perspectives: a bi-gender pirate, a queer Imperial elite girl, a complicated First Mate with a secret, an apprentice to an evil woman warrior, and a witch who lives in a cliffside. But when they fall in love, they decide to take fate into their own hands-no matter the cost. But Evelyn’s one-way voyage to an arranged marriage in the Floating Islands is interrupted when the captain and crew show their true colors and enslave their wealthy passengers.īoth Florian and Evelyn have lived their lives by the rules, and whims, of others. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Information Goodreads: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea Series: None (so far) Source: Librry Published: Summary Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora is known as Florian, a man willing to kill if it means his survival. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea - by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (Hardcover) 10. Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, a highborn Imperial daughter, is on board as well-accompanied by her own casket. A strikingly original and accomplished debut, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea reads like an undiscovered classic with impressively modern flair. The pirate Florian, born Flora, has always done whatever it takes to survive-including sailing under false flag on the Dove as a marauder, thief, and worse.
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