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Everyone knows what happens in the end. A mermaid, a prince, a kiss of true love. But before the story of that young mermaid, there were three friends. One feared, one royal, and one who was already dead. Ever since her best friend, Anna, drowned, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing village. A freak. A curse. A witch. A girl with a strange resemblance to Anna washes ashore, and though she denies it, Evie is convinced that her best friend survived and that her own magic wasn't so ineffective after all. When the girls catch the eyes—and hearts—of two charming princes, Evie believes she might finally have her "happily ever after." But her new friend has her own secrets. She can't stay in Havnestad, or stay on two legs, unless Evie finds a way to help her. Now, Evie will do anything to save her friend's humanity and her prince's heart, harnessing the power of her magic, her ocean, and her love, until she discovers, too late, what she has truly given up. Wicked meets The Little Mermaid in this captivating origin story of the ocean's most iconic villain, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die.