If you’ve read my other reviews you’ll have noticed that I also read (and loved) Alexandra Christo’s TO KILL A KINGDOM, which is another YA retelling of this fairytale.

I love fairytale retellings that make you feel like you’re reading something completely fresh and new, and SEA WITCH does just that – it’s a gorgeous re-imagining of The Little Mermaid, from the point of view of the sea witch that cursed her. The rise of Hans Christian Andersen’s iconic villainness is a heart-wrenching story of friendship, betrayal, and a girl pushed beyond her limits-to become a monster. Now Evie will do anything to save her friend’s humanity, along with her prince’s heart-harnessing the power of her magic, her ocean, and her love until she discovers, too late, the truth of her bargain. She can’t stay in Havnestad, or on two legs, unless Evie finds a way to help her.

And, as the two girls catch the eyes-and hearts-of two charming princes, Evie believes that she might finally have a chance at her own happily ever after.īut her new friend has secrets of her own. That her own magic wasn’t so powerless after all. A witch.Ī girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears offshore and, though the girl denies it, Evie is convinced that her best friend actually survived.

One feared, one royal, and one already dead.Įver since her best friend, Anna, drowned, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. How I read it: I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.īut before that young siren’s tale, there were three friends. Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (USA), HarperCollins Children’s Books (UK)

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