Stand-Alone 13: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea - Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 9 a.m.

b"This fortnight we\\u2019re discussing \\u201cTHE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA\\u201d by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, a young adult fantasy novel set on the islands and high seas.\\nTITLE: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea\\nAUTHOR: Maggie Tokuda-Hall\\nPUBLISHER: Candlewick Press\\nYEAR: 2020\\nLENGTH: 368 pages\\nAGE: Young Adult\\nGENRE: Fantasy, Mythology\\nRECOMMENDED: Highly\\nBook TW for homophobia, colonialism, racism, sexual assault (not depicted), mutilation, child abuse, vomit, blood (graphic), self harm, slavery, torture (graphic), child death, murder (graphic) major character death, death (graphic).\\nTopic 1: Rake - Colonialism. Begins at (1:30), CW for colonialism, mention of parental death.\\nTopic 2: Evelyn - Sold by her parents. Begins at (7:17), CW for non-consensual marriage, colonialism, discussion of character death.\\nTopic 3: Flora/Florian - Mutilation. Begins at (18:41), CW for mutilation, death, description of physical wounds.\\nPromo for CPOV - \\xa0Men of Steel; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (28:48).\\n---\\nIf you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.\\nTo make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.\\nFor fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.\\nYou can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.\\nFind all our links on our Carrd.\\nMusic provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.\\nMembers of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts."