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One continent, two princesses, and three enchanted artifacts, pitted against an ancient foe. Elliana broke the Dark, Derya wrote on water, and now her father expects the impossible: to find Cetus’s Crown, lost a millennium ago. In The Girl Who Shattered the Sea by Evelyn Puerto, the fight for Ardebil continues. While Elliana and Adakizh fight to protect their people, Derya must gather allies and sail to the Western Islands, where legend tells of a sleepless dragon guarding the key to the Crown. Hardship follows her at every turn, but Derya remains stoic, believing that is what a leader must be. After escaping from a deserted island with a surprising new ally and fending off cursed water fae, she rejoins her fleet. She turns her focus toward rescuing the inhabitants of the Western Islands. Yet time is running out. To stop Cetus from destroying her world, Derya must claim the Crown—but can she survive the perils in her path, including an unknown assassin hiding in her entourage?
The Girl Who Shattered the Sea is the third installment in Evelyn Puerto’s Royal Mages series, and it brings a heart-pounding new chapter to the struggle for survival on Ardebil. Puerto balances high-stakes adventure with political and moral dilemmas, never losing sight of the human cost of war and the consequences of leadership. The series as a whole excels at showing the obstacles princesses face in proving themselves wise and capable rulers, and this book continues that theme with Derya’s journey. The heroines are strong yet flawed, determined yet vulnerable, which makes them both inspiring and relatable. Puerto avoids turning them into invincible figures; instead, she highlights their growth through struggle, sacrifice, and the weight of duty. The author delivers a clean YA novel, with a richly imagined world and a cast of princesses who defy the odds. The Royal Mages series is both entertaining and thought-provoking.
