Deep Blue vs Wet Magic: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mermaids, Magic, Children's fiction
Deep Blue
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,…
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Wet Magic
On a holiday at the seashore, Bernard, Mavis, Kathleen, and Francis save a mermaid from captivity and, after an incredible magic-filled journey beneath the waves, they must race against time to avert a war and save…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Wet Magic is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Deep Blue.
- Deep Blue has the widest readership — 21733 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Deep Blue | Wet Magic | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (21733) | 3.7 (426) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (25) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (219) | — |
Reception
| Deep Blue | Wet Magic | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 21733 | 426 |
| Editions | 12 | 166 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 30965 | 638 |
| Reading it now | 1319 | 17 |
| Written reviews | 2615 | 50 |
| Wikipedia attention | 426 | — |
| Pages | 356 | 142 |