I love the idea of the mermaids and mermaid war which is really unique. The structure of the novel and how it keeps feeding you information bit by bit keeps you hooked and reading until 2am in the morning! After every chapter, it left me thinking "Another plot twist?" This kept me interested. The action begins from the start and never stops until the end. I really liked the plot as it was very engaging and never dipped. There is a glossary at the back but throughout, and especially at the beginning, I struggled to understand the story as I was bombarded with these unknown words. Throughout the novel the language is used so often that it almost seems as if it is not written in English. Most of the names for places, people, events and objects are in an unknown language which is close to Latin. However, during the first few chapters, you do become very overwhelmed with the language used.
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