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by Jennifer Donnelly
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The Bent Bookworm
The Bent Bookworm rated it 8 years ago
~*Full review on The Bent Bookworm!*~“You fear you will fail at the very thing you were born for. And your fear torments you…instead of shunning your fear, you must let it speak and listen carefully to what it’s trying to tell you. It will give you good counsel.”Feels:Well, to start off with I got a...
Aprille Legacy
Aprille Legacy rated it 10 years ago
Actual rating 4.5
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers rated it 10 years ago
Quick review for a somewhat elongated read (I ended up reading this in ARC and audiobook form, the audiobook narrated by Rae Miller). "Deep Blue" by Jennifer Donnelly is the first in an ongoing series about a mermaid whose kingdom falls into enemy hands, and she must rise above her circumstances to ...
Emerjas
Emerjas rated it 10 years ago
Serafina is the princess of Miromara, a merfolk kingdom, and is now old enough to complete the ceremony that will prove she is the next ruler. But during the ceremony, an attack is launched against her mother, the queen. Sera flees the kingdom with her best friend, Neela, a princess from the kingdom...
Jenn's Book Jems
Jenn's Book Jems rated it 10 years ago
Princess Serafina’s life changes in one day. Her kingdom is attacked and she is forced to flee with only her strange dreams as a guide. Her dreams lead her on a search for five other mermaids – all spread throughout the seas – and together they must save the future of their world. Sounds interesting...
Vailia's Page Turner
Vailia's Page Turner rated it 10 years ago
Okay-actual rating is a 3.5.This was a decent underwater fantasy-adventure that has potential. And yet for all the good it is, there is also some head-spinning vocabulary. Seraphina is the heir the kingdom and her whole life seems set before her before and attack destroys her apparent path. But ju...
Fangs for the Fantasy
Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 11 years ago
Serafina is a mermaid, the heir to the throne of one of the 6 merfolk nations and ready to complete her coming of age ceremony and meet her new husband Until all out war breaks out in the middle of it. With her life, her city and her nation in ruins, hunted by barely understood, relentless enemies, ...
Khanh the Killjoy
Khanh the Killjoy rated it 11 years ago
“You don’t look like an outlaw,” Serafina said. “Or a shark,” Neela said. “I’m a lawyer, actually, the worst kind of shark.” This is not a bad book, but the pros in this book are outweighed by the fact that it is an overwhelmingly childish infodump. There is no cursing in this underwater fantasy, a...
Such A Novel Idea
Such A Novel Idea rated it 11 years ago
I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.I'm not ashamed to admit my instinct for wanting to read this book was because of the gorgeous cover. When I first saw it, I *knew* I had to rea...
Books and Things
Books and Things rated it 11 years ago
This is a first book of four in the Waterfire Saga. In this book we are introduced to Serafina a mermaid destined to take over for her mother in ruling her area of the sea. Her betrothal is someone she did love, but isn't so sure of lately. The rumors of his actions of late leave the princess less t...
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