Ophida makes it clear to Kela that magic has a price, but that doesn’t stop Kela from making a wish that even the most casual reader will understand is probably a bad idea that will have a price that is terrible. And I came to love the voice of the hundreds of years old mermaid, Ophida, as much as I loved Kela’s voice. Despite me reading it, it very much felt like I was sitting down to have someone tell me a story. This is so well plotted, with constant tension, and so imminently readable-the storytelling tradition really came through because it just flows. But this one? I started it at work and read every word, anxious for lunch and my breaks so I could finish it up. If I want to read something but am drowning in books to try to get to, I will cruise down the middle of a page, probably catching 60% of the words but enough to get the plot and impressions. I fully admit to sometimes just sort of skimming books, especially if I’m reading at work. And a wish that big will exact an even bigger price…ĭon’t miss the novel that Newbery-winning author Kelly Barnhill calls “one of the most promising works of fiction in a long time”! And despite her hatred of all humans, her magic requires that she make a bargain: the comb in exchange for a wish.īut what Kela wants most is for her mother to be alive. Far away, deep in the cold ocean, the mermaid Ophidia can feel that her comb has been taken.
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