Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters

Thank you to Netgalley and Tordotcom for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review! Trigger warnings: stillbirth/miscarriage I was so intrigued by the premise of this novella - this is a sci-fi retelling of The Little Mermaid. Without giving too much away, we follow our main characte......more

*Much thanks to NetGalley and Tordotcom for granting me an ARC of this book* Why I Was Interested: I'm interested in trying to read a variety of retellings, and there were few Little Mermaid retellings, none of which I wanted to read. So when I heard that was science fiction retelling of the Little M......more

I knew about this novella, that it was a tordotcom publication, but never did add it to my tbr. But the end of the year is near and it’s pretty cold out there, so my mood is all over the place and I tend to pick up books randomly . That’s how I ended up reading this little gem. I went into it knowin......more

"The seas give off rumor and gossip like they give off mist". A Space, Land and Undersea Tragedy- you can just feel the intense desperate love Atuale has for her Saaravel and that desperate need to bring vigor back to him and her clan. And then the pull of the world out there for her to explore.......more

The nitty-gritty: A beautifully written space opera/fairy tale mash-up with a touch of romance and an emotionally satisfying ending. What a strange and lovely story this was! Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters is a LIttle Mermaid retelling set on a distant planet called Maraven, where sea dwellers and land......more