This book really reads like a fairy tale and it doesn't have the dark moments present in 'The Forgotten Beasts of Eld', but it still has some surprises and really strong characters and themes. The mystery around the king's son and his connection to the sea was really enjoyable and tragic and I really liked the moments between Peri and Kir. I liked the commentary about greed around these characters too since they are after a gold chain that is on the neck of a sea creature. I loved the plot of common people dealing with magical creatures that suddenly show up and how the fishermen and the workers at the inn are trying to deal with this situation by hiring a magician. The prince was really interesting, the sea dragon was really sweet and funny and I also liked the magician. I immediately got attached to Peri, who is 15 years old, and also liked her work colleagues that were surprisingly interesting despite being sort of minor characters. The writing is beautiful as always and the characters are great. There is a prince, a magician and sea creatures in this story that revolves around an inn, the sea, love and greed. Feeling like she lost both parents, Peri uses the small magic she learned from a witch to hex the sea. Peri hates the sea ever since her father's fishing boat returned without him and her mother spends her days looking out the window and talking about a city below the sea. The story is about a girl named Periwinkle, Peri for short, that works at an inn cleaning the floors with two other girls. This book could have been 5 stars if it wasn't for the ending.

The changeling sea