The book is filled with twists and turns, a new surprise every chapter! Usually, Rick Riordan writes books based on mythology, but this book is based on two of Jules Vern’s books, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and The Mysterious Island. Basically, Ana Dakkar, who starts out as a 14-year-old and turns 15 over the course of the book, attends a fictional marine-focused boarding school called Harding-Pencroft. The book starts on a Friday, Ana and her brother, Dev, (a senior) are together and he gives her her mother's pearl necklace. Their parents supposedly died on a mission for Harding-Pencroft. Soon after she receives the necklace, she is going on a trip with the rest of her class, but soon after they leave, the school is attacked by a rival school with no known survivors. Ana is extremely upset because her brother was in the school during the attack. The teacher who was on the trip with them used to work for the rival school and the students are skeptical, but the kids later run into students from the other school and a fight breaks out, proving the teacher’s innocent. The main plot is revealed further into the book, and I am unable to describe the book anymore without revealing information that makes a large difference.
I was super surprised by the book, I didn’t think I would like it as much as I did. I usually dislike sci-fi, but this book was just like his mythology novels. I am super excited for the next book to come out!
The book has a lot of hidden details and things that you only notice if you reread it, there is so much foreshadowing and hints toard the conclusion, it is so worth it! The author is great, the book is interesting, and the cliffhanger is infuriating, overall a great read. I have not read any of Jules Vern’s books, but after reading Daughter of the Deep, I would love to read both 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and The Mysterious Island. I bet if you do/have read both of those books, you would find many references and similarities between them.
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