#ADGIFTED all thoughts and opinions are my own. I usually only pick genres I enjoy, but this year I’m expanding and trying all different styles.
Secrets of the Deep by
Marisa Noelle
Book Info
Genre: Fantasy, Mermaid, Young Adult
Length: 352 pages
Published: July 2023
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193667636-secrets-of-the-deep
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Deep-Forbidden-Retelling-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B0CCF5
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CORDELIA BLUE IS AFRAID OF WATER .
CORDELIA IS ALSO A MERMAID.
Determined to face her fear, Cordelia enters the ocean for the first time since her
twin brother was killed and learns she is from the oldest bloodline of mermaids.
Entrusted with a magical relic, it us up to her alone to break an ancient curse and
free the mermaids from the water.
But the selachii – mysterious shark shapeshifters – also have their eyes on the relic.
As tensions increase between the mermaids and selachii, Cordelia doesn’t know
who to trust. Forced to choose between love and race, she doubts every decision
and the intentions of those around her.
Trusting her head will lead to a path of betrayal, but she might just get her family
back. If she chooses her heart, the mermaids may stay cursed to remain in the
ocean forever.
Determined to face her fear, Cordelia enters the ocean for the first time since her
twin brother was killed and learns she is from the oldest bloodline of mermaids.
Entrusted with a magical relic, it us up to her alone to break an ancient curse and
free the mermaids from the water.
But the selachii – mysterious shark shapeshifters – also have their eyes on the relic.
As tensions increase between the mermaids and selachii, Cordelia doesn’t know
who to trust. Forced to choose between love and race, she doubts every decision
and the intentions of those around her.
Trusting her head will lead to a path of betrayal, but she might just get her family
back. If she chooses her heart, the mermaids may stay cursed to remain in the
ocean forever.
About the Author – Marisa Noelle
Marisa Noelle is the writer of middle grade & young adult novels in the genres of
science-fiction, fantasy, horror & mental health including The Shadow Keepers,
The Unadjusteds Trilogy (The Unadjusteds, The Rise of the Altereds, & The
Reckoning), The Mermaid Chronicles – Secrets of the Deep, & The Unravelling of
Luna Forester. She is a mentor for the Write Mentor program that helps aspiring
MG & YA authors. With dual citizenship, Marisa has lived on both sides of the
Atlantic and uses settings in both the USA and UK as inspiration for her novels.
When she’s not writing or reading or watching movies, she enjoys swimming. In
the pool she likes to imagine she could be a mermaid and become part of some of
her make-believe worlds. Despite being an avid bookworm from the time she could
hold a book, being an author came as a bit of a surprise to her as she was a bit of a
science geek at school. She lives in Woking, UK with her husband and three
children. You can find her on Twitter @MarisaNoelle77, TikTok @MarisaNoelle12,
or her website http://www.MarisaNoelle.com
My Review I could have done with a trigger warning for grief, I didn’t look for one, so it’s entirely my fault. However that said, I felt they described and portrayed grief in an excellent manner, and though it twinged my emotions, I wasn’t triggered in a horrible way. So thank you to the author for being so gentle and understanding the journey of grief. I hadn’t read the blurb so at first I didn’t know she was going to be a mermaid!! So having this revelation unfold was pure magick. The teen romance and awkwardness comes off the page in a brilliant way, and made this a thoroughly enjoyable read, and seen as it’s a chronicles, I will be diving in for more mermaid magic. Made a huge change for me to read about the sea and waters, a welcome change too.
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