Seraphina has “copper hair” just like Ariel from The Little Mermaid … just sayin Sera also receives a couple of lectures to fill in the rest (“As you know, Serafina….”) Sera responds to the other characters by adding to the info dump process in dialogue that would be absurd in real life between people who already know one another.
They begin to realize that the dream (which Neela also had) wasn’t make-believe, and that they must find the sea witches to understand how to save themselves and the world of the mer.ĭiscussion: The world-building in this book is extensive, but delivered in an awful, unrealistic info dump at the beginning of the book, or, as this writing style is often referred to, an “ Introdump.” Characters swim up to Serafina and start expounding on backstory she would already know, such as the nature and history of the realm and the ceremony she is about to undergo.
The next day, during her ceremony, the kingdom is attacked, with Sera and her best friend Neela among the only ones to escape alive. The night before the ceremony however, Sera has a dream that seems almost real, with river witches calling out to her and five others – each from a different kingdom of the seas – to help combat an ancient monster about to come to life. She has just turned sixteen, and as the daughter of the ruler of her people, is required to take a test to confirm her heritage, as well as to become betrothed to 18-year-old Mahdi, the crown prince of the mers from the Indian Ocean. Serafina lives in the Adriatic Sea, and like other merpeople, is a descendant of the original mer who came from the ruins of Atlantis 4,000 years before.
There is a glossary in the back of this book, and believe me, you will need it. This is the first in a series of four planned books about six mermaids who are trying to protect their hidden world from a monster which could destroy them all.
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