By: Emilia Hart
This is a beautifully written and moody story of generations of women who are connected to the sea in unusual ways. If you have read Hart’s other novel Weyward , you will find the same general story line, women who have an unusual ability that allows them to take revenge on men who have wronged them. If you haven’t read Weyward, I would just read that one instead of this one. But really, it just depends on whether you like mermaids or witches.
Hart does such a wonderful job of writing scene and emotion that you almost don’t realize that the characters aren’t very approachable and the story is kind of shallow.
Our main character, Lucy, awakens in the middle of sleep walking and finding herself strangling the man who shared her intimate pictures online. She runs away to the house where her sister lives on the coast. When she gets there, her sister has disappeared and no one really seems to know or care where she has gone. Then a whole lot of confusing things happen while Lucy just waits for her sister to return. We also learn that there is something weird about Lucy’s skin that has to do with water, but its pretty convoluted.
Overall, it just kind of leaves you feeling confused and sad for all of the characters.
Thank you to NetGalley for the free ARC of this novel in exchange for this honest review.
