Mermaid Reads, Anyone?

So, I cannot actually tell you how mermaids (or more broadly, magical sea-ladies) are involved in this series without it being a giant spoiler, so you’re just going to have to read it and trust me. It’s an awesome epic fantasy with a unique world!

And also, the second book is coming very soon: Fevered Star.

Mermaids, but what if they were truly monstrous and they liked eating people? A film crew trying to shoot a documentary is about to find out how rough the seas can get when they go searching for the last ship these murderous beings took down.

Though if you want something less horror-adjacent from the same author, check out Where the Drowned Girls Go.

Based on an amazing song of the same name by the experimental hip-hop group clipping.–which if you haven’t listened to it, you should–this tells the story of a race of mermaids descended from enslaved African women who were thrown overboard by their abductors during the middle passage. They live a life without memory… except for one of their number who remembers all of their traumas.

This book isn’t solely about mermaids–it’s a short story collection–but one of the tales within is about Caribbean mermaids and it’s a good one! Also, the other sixteen stories are really good as well.

Mermaids are the servants of the gods, traveling the seas to collect the souls of those who die on the water and making sure they make it home. When one mermaid saves the life of a boy who was thrown overboard, she faces a punishment from the gods if she doesn’t make amends. But the boy she rescued isn’t just anyone…

And a sequel is coming! Soul of the Deep

Sirens exist, but they have to keep their powers hidden if they want to continue to live among normal humans. But a siren is accused of murder and her trial becomes a public, horrifying circus… and while that’s going on, a high school junior named Tavia loses control of her magical voice at the worst possible moment.

And there’s a sequel! A Chorus Rises