3.5 starsCurious SFF novella about a woman looking to cure a plague, inspired by The Little Mermaid. Content warnings include: birth, miscarriage, illness and related body horror, vomiting, semi-explicit sex on-page, sex outside of established relationship (unclear if open or not), mentions of arranged relationships specifically to bear children.Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters was intriguing from the very start.The exposition of the vast world-building was sparse, but it worked for the story. The g...

I liked the world building but I think this probably needed a longer format. There were details that would have enriched the understanding of the characters and their relationships. The trip to the space station seemed almost unconnected to the story-although it did sound intriguing.

Thank you to Netgalley and Tordotcom for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!Trigger warnings: stillbirth/miscarriageI was so intrigued by the premise of this novella - this is a sci-fi retelling of The Little Mermaid. Without giving too much away, we follow our main character, Atuale, who is from an underwater species of people, but in the past underwent genetic modification to be able to survive on land to be with her lover. In the present timeline, a plague is killing

Well, this is definitely not my brand of scifi!I don't know if it's just my brain, that it needs more context, but this didn't work for me. Since it's barely 105 pages, it's impossible to explore this strange new world and its specific rules and culture. The casual queer rep was good and the writing was beautiful here and there, but I struggle to find anything else that I liked.Rep: queer main character, trans main character

Actual rating: 2.5 starsI was so excited to read a sci-fi retelling of The Little Mermaid. Unfortunately, this one just wasn't for me. Despite being a short read, the story was sometimes hard to follow and the plot felt like it was all over the place at times. The prose didn't really work for me either. I do think the world building was really interesting and I enjoyed that aspect of the novella the most. I also loved that it was so casually queer. Even though I didn't enjoy this one as much as

I received a copy of Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters in exchange for a fair and honest review. Little Mermaid retold in Space Opera form? Count me in! Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters, written by Aimee Ogden is absolutely the most creative retelling I've read, and I've read a lot of them. Atuale was born in the sea, and for the longest time, the sea was where she belonged. However, sometimes one has to forge their own path in life, in order to achieve true happiness. The opportunity for change was gra...

a sci-fi The Little Mermaid retelling?!? Be still my beating heart

The nitty-gritty: A beautifully written space opera/fairy tale mash-up with a touch of romance and an emotionally satisfying ending.What a strange and lovely story this was! Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters is a LIttle Mermaid retelling set on a distant planet called Maraven, where sea dwellers and land dwellers are currently involved in a clan war. Atuale was born to the Sea-Clan, but she fell in love with a land dweller and went through a body modification process in order to be with him. But now

Originally published at Reading RealityI’m not quite sure what I was expecting with this one. I know it isn’t like anything I expected it to be – and that’s always marvelous.OK, I was expecting it to be short and it was. This week kind of fell apart for me, so I was looking for something short to round out the week and get me back on track and this definitely ticked off those boxes.Now that I’ve had a chance to cogitate on it a bit, Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters has left me with three sets of res...

'One woman will travel to the stars and beyond to save her beloved in this lyrical space opera that reimagines The Little Mermaid.'Ooh

I knew about this novella, that it was a tordotcom publication, but never did add it to my tbr. But the end of the year is near and it’s pretty cold out there, so my mood is all over the place and I tend to pick up books randomly . That’s how I ended up reading this little gem. I went into it knowing pretty much nothing and it sucked me into the world immediately. A world full of sea, land and star dwellers, alien species, gene eaters and so much more - this was captivating right from the get go...

Beautifully written, but imo needed a little bit more substance.

Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters was a quiet, queer, and unexpected little thing that affected me deeply. I consumed this novella in one setting, letting the author’s voice lull me into a half-dream, muffling the world around me into silence. I really hope the author writes more in this world, because I already yearn to return back to it. “Oh, little fry.” He’s shaking his head as he works up a new trajectory on the console. “If every day you’re looking for the next thing that’ll change your life—...

just because it's written by a woman from the LGBT + community doesn't instantly make it a good thing. In parts it becomes presumptuous, in addition there is infidelity, a forced representation and things that are not appropriate, for example: a world where women take turns having sex when there are no men. It's not the worst I've read or anything like that, but I thought it would be much better.

July 21, 2020: You can't expect me to not be excited when lyrical space opera and The Little Mermaid are mentioned together!

Yanja can’t have just wanted, because just is an empty, useless word. There’s never a just this, or an only that, when someone does something. It’s a web, all tangled together, and the person least likely to unwind it all is the one in the middle. Rating: Not For Me (but I understand why others may like) - translating to 2.5 or 3 stars because of the potentialThis was a very different read from those I usually pick up. The premise sounded fascinating, but ultimately, it isn’t one that worked for...

3.5 stars. There is some stunning imagery in this novella, of light filtering through waves, of pearls, and other underwater things, in a story of a woman who forsook her home and the privileges of her underwater clan, for a bioengeered life on land with her husband and his family. When her husband and clan fall gravely ill with some unknown plague, Atuale goes to her first love, from her underwater life, for help in finding a cure. They leave the planet, travelling far from home through several...

*Much thanks to NetGalley and Tordotcom for granting me an ARC of this book*Why I Was Interested: I'm interested in trying to read a variety of retellings, and there were few Little Mermaid retellings, none of which I wanted to read. So when I heard that was science fiction retelling of the Little Mermaid, I was instantly intrigued. What It's About: After leaving her sea clan to be with her land lover, Atuale must leave him to find a cure for a plague before he dies. The only person with the res...

creative and unique. i like it enough, but i would've liked it more if i weren't in this slump.

It took me way too long to realize that this is a retelling of The Little Mermaid in a transhumanist, gene-spliced sci-fi future. Well, not a retelling exactly. More like a sequel. What happens 20 years later after the mermaid and the land-prince have been happily married for two decades.Except now a plague has struck down all the land-people -- the former-mermaid appears to be immune -- so once again she turns to the Sea-Witch for help...I didn't especially like this. For three reasons.One, a b...