In ways, I would also say she’s unpleasant, hasty and a bit absorbed in herself, but she does grow throughout the story. That said, I did enjoy reading about meeting this characters. (I don’t want to go into details because I want to avoid spoilers). I was engaged in the story and wanted to read more to find out what would happen next, but logic is a big deal for me in literature, and I’m not a huge fan of illogical things happen simply because they’re dramatic or exciting. This is actually the reason I chose to give the book three stars instead of four (three and a half?). There were also places where the story line was confusing or the actions or motivations of the characters didn’t seem to make sense. Ideally, I think the book would have been a bit longer to allow it to fully deal with all of this. And then it turns into a romance with a love triangle. In reality, the story is really about Mera’s anger at her father’s plans for her future and her determination to find a way to rule on her own be taken seriously as a warrior.

On the surface, the story is about the relationship between Xebel and Atlantis and the Xebellian’s anger at being under Atlantis’s rule. This is a tough review for me to write because Mera: Tidebreaker has a lot going on. Mera by Danielle Paige is an astonishing story that explores themes of duty, love, heroism and freedom, all through the eyes of readers’ favorite undersea royalty.ĭisclaimer: I had no knowledge of Mera as a DC character before reading this graphic novel. As the unrest between their colonies grows, Mera and Arthur unexpectedly fall in love…will Arthur Curry be the king at Mera’s side in Atlantis, or will he die under her blade? When the inhabitants of Xebel plot to overthrow their homeland of Atlantis, Mera is sent to kill the heir to the throne, Arthur Curry. But Mera is destined to wear a different crown, that of Atlantis. Mera is teenage royalty, heir to the throne of Xebel, the other not-so-lost colony under the sea.

From Danielle Paige, the New York Times best-selling author of Stealing Snow, comes a Mera and Aquaman origin story that explores Mera’s first steps on land as well as her first steps as a hero or a villain, forcing her to choose to follow her heart or her mission to kill.