BookPage Mermaid Moon is a beautifully told, immersive novel that layers fairy-tale elements with more modern themes, allowing for a different experience with every reread. Written for Young Adults, this book will appeal to those who enjoy lengthy fantasy, or love mermaids and are looking for something different. Mermaid Moon is an action-packed tale of parental abandonment, familial longing, treachery and dark magic with an appealingly determined heroine. The author switches between first-person and third-person points of view throughout, which makes it choppy.

(Looking for her mother, not a love interest, for what its worth. The plot occasionally lags and seems to get stuck for a while, so it might be a little much for readers who want a straightforward story. I hate to be That Person who recs things that dont fulfil the requirements, but Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal impressed me with the mermaid worldbuilding, even though, yes, the MC spends most of the book on land with two legs. The prose is very descriptive, beautiful, and graphic, and often feels like you are reading poetry. Mermaid Moon is an action-packed tale of parental abandonment, familial longing, treachery and dark magic with an appealingly determined heroine. The head witch of their mermaid group casts a spell on all the land people to forget that Sanna ever existed and the rest of the story follows Sanna learning magic so that she can find her mother. The main character is a mermaid, Sanna, whose mother was a human. Mermaid Moon (Unabridged) 2020 More ways to shop: Find an Apple Store or other retailer near you. Preview and download books by Susann Cokal. Published by Candlewick Press (MA) on March 3, 2020Īt 481 pages,”Mermaid Moon” by Susann Cokal is a bit of a tome. Preview and download books by Susann Cokal, including Mermaid Moon, The Kingdom of Little Wounds and many more.