Merrow

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Steeped in Irish lore, Merrow is a nuanced coming-of-age that celebrates the power of stories.......more

I was looking for the sea and I found it in this book, all of it.......more

She is a wild girl, full of stories and covered in scales, growing up without a mother or a father. Although her aunt raised her it is the stories surrounding the island of Carrick that she lives on, stories of Other Ones, changeling's, the honey-tongued and cave people. But the stories she craves m......more

I guess more like 3.5. The writing was lyrical and beautiful. But... the story ended up being more literary to the point that I was wondering what led me to pick it up in the first place. I had been expecting mermaids. You know... because the entire summary and plot revolves around mermaids! I read......more

Absolutely beautiful! I felt like I was in Ireland and swimming in the ocean along with the mermaids and kelp. I loved the fantastical elements in this historical fantasy, placed at the time period where Christianity is first starting to work its way into rural Ireland. This is a slow and quiet stor......more