She started off the series confused and afraid. Serafina especially, she gets most of the development since she is the main, main character. “Time to play my uncle’s game like a queen, not a pawn.” “Because it’s time, Des,” she finally said. They all had to make many tough decisions, but in the end I am so proud of each and every one of them. Each girl grows up to become strong, independent women. Sera, Neela, Ling, Becca, Ava, and Astrid, I loved their friendship, their sisterhood so, so much. Not necessarily the romantic ones, those I found a bit rushed and wasn’t really attached to, but the relationship between friends. My favorite aspect of this series will always be the relationships. Because if the six of us lose faith in one another, we’ve lost everything.” “A little while ago, I lost faith in myself.

It was a conclusion that was satisfying, but still left a few unanswered questions. Sea Spell was a great finale to a series that I ended up liking way more than I thought I would. “Just because you failed today doesn’t mean you’ve failed forever.

–Possible Spoilers! Read at your own risk!–

Will Sera ever see her beloved home–and her beloved Mahdi–again, or will the Volneros take over the mer realms while Orfeo takes on the gods themselves? Nothing less than the fate of the underwater world is at stake in this breathtaking finale. But without the ability to songcast, how will Astrid be able to defeat the most powerful mage in history? Meanwhile, Serafina and her Black Fins train goblin troops for battle against her uncle Vallerio’s death riders. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever. At the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon.

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