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A review by sinamile
Moon-Bright Tides by RoAnna Sylver
5.0
Raiting: 4 1/2 ⭐
What a soft ass story! Like I don't even know how to describe it, but it was just so soft!
Riven is a witch who has to sing to the ocean in order to create tides. The moons been lost, and Riven has lost her family, so it's left to her sing to the ocean.
She hates it.
Riven is afraid of the ocean, she keeps having a reaccuring dream where she's drowning and something is pulling at her and she doesn't know whether she's being drowned or saved. So her singing to the ocean is a huge burden in her. She doesn't want to do this, but she has to, because no one else will.
Until one day, she meets a mermaid while returning from her singing. The mermaid is thin and pale and looks like they haven't gotten a good meal in years. Riven doesn't freak out, not really (I think her fight or flight was broken, or maybe her soul knew that this particular mermaid meant her no harm). The mermaid runs, disappearing into the ocean before Riven can talk to them.
Mention: I love how much RoAnna Sylver took care when it came to pronouns. The whole time Riven thought of the mer, she didn't gender them, using they/them/theirs pronouns, and only after Riven confirms with the mer does she start using she/her pronouns. I like that, I like that a lot. I like that is was so natural, that there wasn't anything dramatic about it.
Yow, this book is soft. Like I don't even know how to describe it properly, but it's just soft. Like theres sadness, because both characters are going through stuff, but it's not heavy sadness. It's sadness that I can deal with. And the ending is so sweet and soft and ugh! I love this book and certainly can't wait to read more of RoAnna's work!
What a soft ass story! Like I don't even know how to describe it, but it was just so soft!
Riven is a witch who has to sing to the ocean in order to create tides. The moons been lost, and Riven has lost her family, so it's left to her sing to the ocean.
She hates it.
Riven is afraid of the ocean, she keeps having a reaccuring dream where she's drowning and something is pulling at her and she doesn't know whether she's being drowned or saved. So her singing to the ocean is a huge burden in her. She doesn't want to do this, but she has to, because no one else will.
Until one day, she meets a mermaid while returning from her singing. The mermaid is thin and pale and looks like they haven't gotten a good meal in years. Riven doesn't freak out, not really (I think her fight or flight was broken, or maybe her soul knew that this particular mermaid meant her no harm). The mermaid runs, disappearing into the ocean before Riven can talk to them.
Mention: I love how much RoAnna Sylver took care when it came to pronouns. The whole time Riven thought of the mer, she didn't gender them, using they/them/theirs pronouns, and only after Riven confirms with the mer does she start using she/her pronouns. I like that, I like that a lot. I like that is was so natural, that there wasn't anything dramatic about it.
Yow, this book is soft. Like I don't even know how to describe it properly, but it's just soft. Like theres sadness, because both characters are going through stuff, but it's not heavy sadness. It's sadness that I can deal with. And the ending is so sweet and soft and ugh! I love this book and certainly can't wait to read more of RoAnna's work!