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Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor

Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor

Many thanks to REUTS Publications and NetGalley for the ARC! This book was published on July 9 and is now available for purchase.

My Rating: 4 stars

Speak the Oceanis a new adult contemporary fantasy that uses aspects of “The Little Mermaid” while still distinctly being it’s own story. After discovery mermaids, or the Mer, humans immediately built Oceanica, a Sea World-like park that captures…

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2019 Writing Stats

Words Written: 312,000  Words Edited (including freelance work): 1,935,000   Projects Finished: 3   Books Published: 1   Short Stories Published: 6  Best Writing Month: October Average Number of Writing Days per Month: 20 Average Number of Words Written per Writing Day: 1300

2019 Highlights: Attending Emerald City Comic Con and Atomacon Charleston as a guest. Signing with my new literary agent. Meeting Gini Koch and Rebecca Enzor in person. Hanging out with Anne Sowards and Jim Butcher (very briefly) at DragonCon.

Overall: Obviously, with three projects finished I would have love to have listed a sale in 2019, but there wasn’t one. One project went out to two editors and came back with, “Love it but I just bought something like it. Sorry. You’re talented. Send me your next book.” Which is lovely but not a sale. 

2019 was also not my best writing year ever, although it was my best editing year. Moving in June significantly impacted my writing time and I also dealt with some other personal setbacks throughout the year. But, still, three novels finished in the year and one long story published along with several short stories isn’t bad. 

One of the 2019 projects was already under contract and will come out in 2020, and I’m hoping to add a major sale to 2020. I’m also working with my agent to get foreign rights sales for my back list. Not a bad year, all in all. 

Here’s to a happy and bookish 2020!

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“I put my hand over hers, and very quietly whisper, “Tag!” (paraphrased) Erie, from Rebecca Enzor’s Speak the Ocean. She is the Very Best Mermaid, a sweetheart who I adore and wish only good things for (y’know, except for Plot, because storytelling).  I did my best to reconcile all the descriptions of her into one image; a tail that can curl around herself or someone else and also has enough muscle to let her jump out of the water, tailfins like a betta that can shred with stress, and “deep sea merfolk, with dark green scales, lighter on the ventral side”. I love thinking about plausible anatomy for fantasy creatures! <3

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Book Review: Speak the Ocean

Book Review: Speak the Ocean by #RebeccaEnzor 4⭐️'s // I inhaled this in a matter of hours and now I want more mermaid books. #bloggerswanted #bloggerstribe #bloggingcommunity #bookish #bookreview #bookpost #bookblog

Title: Speak the Ocean Author: Rebecca Enzor Pub. Date: July 9, 2019 Pages: 327 Pub: Reuts Genre: YA Fantasy Mythology Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ For Mer handler Finn Jarvis, the feral mermaid performers at Oceanica Marine Park are nothing more than ruthless aquatic predators, violent and unpredictable. That doesn’t stop the public from flocking to one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions. To…

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Mermaids at SeaWorld? Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor

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August Wrap Up

Summer is over and I’m going back to school tomorrow, which naturally means my computer has decided to break. Because why the hell wouldn’t it? So I’m on my work laptop for the foreseeable future, which is the slowest thing in the world. So I might not be as active as I usually would be. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.  

Books Read- Goal: 6  Total: 6

Despite how the picture looks, I did make my reading goal for the month. They were mostly audiobooks and ebooks. I’d say my favorite of the month was  Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre closely followed by Speak the Ocean. I didn’t really have a least favorite. Starred books are audiobooks and books with the ® sign are rereads

Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes - 4 stars

The Swallows by Lisa Lutz - 3 stars*

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction by Robert J. C. Young - 3 stars  

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - 4 stars ®

Austenland by Shannon Hale - 3 stars*

Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor - 4 stars   

On Tumblr:

Not a ton here, but I am back to doing lists! What would my school year be if I didn’t use those to procrastinate?  

Birthday Haul

Reblogged: “Snow White” Retelling Recommendations Part 1

Reblogged: “Snow White” Retelling Recommendations Part 2

Tagged: The Racing to Read Tag

Tagged: Preferred Trope Tag

Plays aliteraryprincess Has Read

On the Blog:

I posted a fair amount of reviews as well as my first recommendation post over there and two “A Literary Life” posts. “A Literary Life” posts are just about bookish things going on with me and general bookish discussions. There will be lots of exciting things happening over here in September, so definitely check it out!  

A Bookish Birthday

Book Review: Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes

Book Review: The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

On Reading Slumps

Review: Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor

Recommendations: What to Read When You Love Jane Austen

Review: Daddy: Stories by Emma Cline