For centuries Mina’s homeland has been ravaged by storms. Every year a young woman is sent down to the bottom of the sea in order to become wife to the Sea God in an attempt to break the cycle. Nothing works. The consequences of the storms become more severe and people are losing hope that anything can help them.
Mina’s brother is in love with Shim Cheong, and when she is due to be sacrificed Mina cannot let her brother suffer so. She throws herself to the bottom of the sea, and though she does not believe herself worthy of the title of bride, she is brave enough to try and find out what needs to be done to save her people.
What follows has a fairytale quality. The prose in this was almost simplistic, but woven together in a way that kept me quite entranced.
Mina finds herself in a new land, taking on tough challenges but trying her best to do what she needs to in order to help those she loves.
Naturally, there’s more to this but it really is a story best discovered.
Stunning.