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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorDeep Blue
Jennifer Donnelly · 360 pages
Serafina, daughter of Isabella, Queen of Miromara, has been raised with the expectation - and burden - that she will someday become ruler of the oldest civilization of the merfolk. On the eve of the Dokimí ceremony, which will determine if she is worthy of the crown, Sera is haunted by a strange dream that foretells the return of an ancient evil. But her nightmare is forgotten the next day as she
Sirenz
Charlotte Bennardo, Natalie Zaman
Bickering New York City roommates and high school seniors Meg and Shar must find a way to balance their love of fashion with the drudgery of being special-assignment Sirens, luring to the Underworld those whose unholy contracts are up.
Rhapsodic
Laura Thalassa · 422 pages
Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she's been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she's received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it
Tangled Tides
Karen Amanda Hooper · 324 pages
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller · 336 pages
A 17-year-old pirate captain intentionally allows herself to get captured by enemy pirates in this thrilling YA adventure.
Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings
Helene Boudreau
Secret of the Sirens
Julia Golding · 357 pages
Upon moving to her aunt's seaside home in the British Isles, Connie becomes part of a secret society that shelters mythical creatures, and must use her ability to communicate with these beings to protect them from evil and the incursions of humans.
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek
Michelle Tea · 285 pages
Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story to tell. But there's one story they all still tell: the oldest and saddest but most hopeful story, the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out. The girl who will bring the magic.
Of Neptune
Anna Banks · 336 pages
Emma, who is half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love Galen, need time together. Alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma's grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune. Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn't sign up to be peacemakers between the ocean and land-dwelling, freshwater Syrena. They
Tidal
Amanda Hocking · 347 pages
With Penn and Lexi determined to kill Gemma and replace her with another siren, Gemma, aided by Harper and Daniel, must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she holds dear. With Penn and Lexi determined to kill her, Gemma must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she h
Waterfell
Amalie Howard · 364 pages
Disguised as a human teen while waiting for the day she can claim her birthright as heir to her murdered father's undersea kingdom, Nerissa Marin is challenged to a battle to the death by her family's betrayer when she comes of age.
The Siren
Kiera Cass · 331 pages
"You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now,
Undertow
Michael Buckley · 378 pages
A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and graphic violence.
Forgive My Fins
Tera Lynn Childs · 333 pages
Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it's not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you're a normal teenage girl, but when you're half human, half mermaid, like Lily, there's no such thing as a simple crush.Lily's mermaid identity is a secret that can't get out, since she's not just any mermaid—she's
The Mermaid's Madness
Jim C. Hines · 339 pages
"There is an old story--you might have heard it--about a young mermaid, the daughter of a king, who saved the life of a human prince and fell in love. So innocent was her love, so pure her devotion, that she would pay any price for the chance to be with her prince. She gave up her voice, her family, and the sea, and became human. But the prince fell in love with another woman. The tales say the li
Dark Water
Tricia Rayburn
When seventeen-year-old Vanessa reunites with her biological mother, she faces the dilemma of a siren's existence, that in order to survive she must endanger the lives of those she loves most.
The Water Mirror
Kai Meyer · 250 pages
In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively.
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler · 208 pages
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering