Part of Your World (Twisted Tales, #5)

by Liz Braswell

She said this with her hands, carefully spelling out the priests’ names alphabetically in the old runes.

Cool concept. Using a type of ASL.

So little actual communication was represented by words that were said aloud, she had realized upon losing her voice. Often the real meaning lay underneath and unspoken.

warmth of Helios directly on her skin.

I like how she is using the other Greek gods. Earlier, Hades, Cedes and Perspephone were mentioned. Its a great added touch.

embarrassed. “I’d ask to see you, in your true form, swimmin’ out to sea. If I could see that, I’d know all the tales were true, all the good ones and bad ones. That there is more to the world than I see with my old brown eyes every day, and I’d die a happy woman, knowing there was magic.”

This old lady knows what's up. We all want to believe there is magic in the world. We just need to see it.

“An artist of the skin. Argent the Inker, at your service!”

A tattooer. My favorite 😍

“You had legs,” he pointed out. “I had the same face and hair, Eric,” she said, using his name for the first time.

I think we all thought the same thing. She looked exacrly the same except no flipper.

“But my dear, sweet child, that’s what I do! It’s what I live for. To help unfortunate mer—uh, townsfolk like yourself: poor unfortunate souls with no one else to turn to.”

😂😂😂 best line in the entire book.

I just have to tell them it screamed when the farmer pulled it out of the soil.”

Subtle Harry Potter reference.

“Let it go,” he whispered, pulling the little crab away.

Every time I see this phrase, I automatically think of "Frozen."