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Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters
Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters | Aimee Ogden
4 posts | 3 read | 4 to read
One woman will travel to the stars and beyond to save her beloved in this lyrical space opera that reimagines The Little Mermaid. Gene-edited human clans have scattered throughout the galaxy, adapting themselves to environments as severe as the desert and the sea. Atuale, the daughter of a Sea-Clan lord, sparked a war by choosing her land-dwelling love and rejecting her place among her people. Now her husband and his clan are dying of a virulent plague, and Atuales sole hope for finding a cure is to travel off-planet. The one person she can turn to for help is the black-market mercenary known as the World Witchand Atuales former lover. Time, politics, bureaucracy, and her own conflicted desires stand between Atuale and the hope for her adopted clan. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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imyril
Mehso-so

This is an intriguing idea - a space opera inspired by the little mermaid, focusing on her quest to save the sick land bound lover she gave everything up for. I quite like Ogden‘s prose, but simultaneously wanted it to be fleshed out as a novel whilst not being sure I had the gumption to read anything longer (but I‘m having A Time and reading is hard right now so that could just be me)

One I can see myself giving a second chance.

shanaqui Huh. Sounds interesting... shame it didn't quite work out.

🤗 Hope you can read when it's sustaining and feel okay about not reading when it's not. (I always find it difficult when people tell me they hope I can get back to reading again and I'm like... “But I just told you it's hard right now, why are you pushing me?“ -- so I hope this wish is a bit less pushy-feeling.)
2y
imyril @shanaqui that‘s a lovely wish, thank you. I‘m finding the GGK reread very comforting; I can get away with tiny fragments of chapters because I know The Summer Tree so well anyway; but it‘s been long enough since i reread it that I‘m finding new things to think about. Novellas and rereads are clearly my best speed right now! 2y
shanaqui @imyril Yeah, I do that when I need to coddle myself through something. It helps. 2y
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Soubhiville
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Pickpick

Humans have evolved into multiple branches in this sci-fi novella. Some live underwater, some on land. The main character had her body altered so that she could move out of the sea and become a land dweller. Her adopted tribe are facing a plague, and she seeks the help of her former best friend to find a cure.

I read this in just a few hours and really enjoyed it!

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Soubhiville
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I made it almost all the way through July without buying books… Then on Thursday I arrived downtown 45 minutes too early for my hair appointment and passed the time at Book People. Does it count as “buying” if it‘s on a gift card? Lol.

Anyway, all of these live with me now 📚😆.

Julsmarshall Gift cards don‘t count as a purchase! I will die on this hill 🤣 3y
Oryx gift cards don't count. They were effectively free. 😀 3y
FelinesAndFelonies @Julsmarshall is 100% correct about this. 🎯 3y
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Branwen
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This is an interesting sci-fi story that is like a space-y retelling of The Little Mermaid. It was okay, but I wish it was longer! 💕📚 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #roxas

Leftcoastzen 😻cuteness 3y
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