When her Resolution, a mermaid rite of passage, doesn’t turn out as she’d hoped, she decides to seek solace in the human world. Lorali is a princess that has always been unusually fascinated by the world above. Standing out to sea with a bag of chips, wondering if this year his dad might remember a card or even make an appearance, and planning his evening trying to get served in the local. In the grim seaside town of Hastings, young Rory celebrates his birthday the way he always has. Needless to say, it completely blew my expectations out of the water. The tagline doesn’t inspire much confidence (“An extraordinary mermaid in an ordinary town”) but I thought I’d give it a chance. I picked up LORALI expecting it to be a harmless summer read to pass the time, not sure on whether I would actually enjoy it. Found by a sweet natured boy and hunted by everyone, can they survive the storm? Mermaid-turned-human, Lorali washes up on an English beach.
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