Skin of the Sea

By Natasha Bowen 

YA Fantasy 

Hardback

306 pages

Owlcrate 

Mermaids! 

Inspired by African mythology and set in the 1400s, when the Portuguese began sending slave ships. 

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signed!

the inside of the dust jacket is illustrated, and the pages edges are golden. 

I took a while to read this book - partly because I struggled to focus on anything for an extended time while I had covid - but I did enjoy it. Apparently there's a sequel forthcoming, which I don’t really feel is needed, and I'm not sure that I'll read. I like how it ended.