![]() ![]() Foreboding warnings about crossing class boundaries and burning witches foreshadow a dark and unexpected twist at novel’s climax. Is the rescuer a mermaid? And is she the same person as Annemette, the lovely blonde who suddenly appears in town as if from nowhere? Regardless, Annemette and Evie become the dearest of friends almost immediately. When Nik nearly drowns, he’s rescued by a girl who looks just like Anna, but he’s unconscious only Evie sees the girl. Now-his royalty, her poverty, and the disapproval of Havnestad notwithstanding-they continue their friendship as they teeter on the cusp of adulthood. ![]() Four years ago, Nik and Evie lost their beloved friend Anna to the ocean. Her world is an alternate 19th-century Denmark, in a tiny kingdom composed of a single fishing village, where she’s a black-haired, half-Italian girl among the mostly blond Danes. A retelling of “The Little Mermaid” from the point of view of the other woman.Įvie’s a fisherman’s daughter, a secret witch, and the best friend of Crown Prince Asger Niklas Bryniulf Øldenburg III of the Kingdom of Havnestad-just plain Nik to her. ![]()
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