The Girl from the Sea

Practical info

Author: Molly Knox Ostertag
Genres: Fiction, fantasy/romance
Sub-genres: LGBT/low-fantasy-young adult
Publication year: 2021
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-338-54057-4
Blurb: Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl.
Then one night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become friends and suddenly life on the island doesn't seem so stifling anymore.
But Keltie has some secrets of her own. And as the girls start to fall in love, everything they're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface...whether Morgan is ready or not.

Personal info

Why I picked it up: Never heard of it or the author before but I found it at the bookstore and it seemed like my thing.
Status: Finished
Progress: 253/253 pages
Started: 30-08-2024
Finished: 01-09-2024
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reread count: 0
Overall opinion: This is adorable. The art is really pretty. It’s cool that she was a selkie and not a mermaid like I had expected. It is very fast-paced, though. But that seems to just be a thing with comics, because you read through them so much faster than novels. Every time I read a comic or graphic novel, I get the urge to start one myself. But then I think of how much work it would really be and I give up on it.
Also, the cover just came clean off! I might repair that some day.