I was drawn to this book because of it's beautiful cover and mysterious title. Then the concept of mer-people as descendants of pregnant Africa slaves who were tossed overboard from slave ships like so much garbage really drew me in. The writing is lyrical and haunting. The world-building is very well imagined. I like that she made you feel what it would be like to live in total darkness of the bottom of the ocean. Then there is the shared memories, almost like a cultural oral history. And these memories are slowly forgotten if the history is not retold, which I felt was a very timely concept. My only issue was in the story's flow. All in all this was a brief but entirely unique story that needed to be told.