My book is Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly. Its basically a mermaid book with a little twist. Everyone knows that mermaids use magic by using their voices and songs. Serafina the main character is the princess to Cerulea. She's supposed to take her tests and see if she will be queen. Sera will be betrothed to Mahdi, crown prince, so they can unite the two cities. Something goes terribly wrong and your just going to have to read the book.
"Deep in the black mountains, deep in the Romanian night, deep beneath the cold, dark waters of the ancient Olt, the river witches sang."
This is the first line in my book. It's kind of interesting cause we don't know who the river witches are or what the ancient Olt is. It also intrigues me to keep reading because what is the significant in the song and how will it tie with the story.
Mahdi, the crown prince, was betrothed to Serafina with no choice at all. They start seeing and talking to one another and soon after they begin to like one another. Two years have passed since then and Serafina has heard that Mahdi is a whole different person. Serafina is scared to see him since its been two years and he's changed quite a bit. In the beginning he is a quiet, shy boy that doesn't really talk and now he's been changed into a party boy and breaking all the rules. The big question is, is he bad or betray Sera or will change back to his old ways when he sees her now? My personal hope is that he changes back to his old self for Serafina and they can marry by their choice.
I choice this book in all honesty because it was a cover of a Bea Miller album. I saw the book in Half-Priced Books and remembered that and started reading it. The cover was the hooker for me because I love mermaid books or a story that's underwater. It captured my eye and the title went a long way with it too.
