I loved the magic and the historical aspects of this book so much! I could not put it down, I can't wait to read more from this author!!

If you like historical fantasy/folklore with a central romance, this would be a good book for you.

I liked that it had a genderbent Little Mermaid feel. I was hooked at the start, though the second half wasn't as excellent as the beginning. The instalove bothered me, with the two main characters falling for each other across a couple of chance encounters in the first fourth of the book.

This should be safe for YA readers as well - it's similar in tone to Folk of the Air, for example - and the romance remained rather chaste.