if you‘re like me & were sold this book as sapphic mermaids, that is false advertising to a criminal degree. this book really has no discernible plot. a family grows up on a magical island full of secrets. what kind of magic? you‘ll never know. what secrets? secret ones. why do people turn to statues on a cliff side when they die? no clue. the mix of folklore and magical realism was cool but also I might be dumb bc idk what happened in this book