Character Inspiration

ISLA

BARON

Dream Cast? Yes. Sara Orrego is a Columbian model (and Isla is a mermaid from the Southern Pacific? Yes, please.) and content creator. I think she captures Isla's look really well. I saw her on Instagram one day and said to myself, "That's Isla. That's what she looks like."

She even did a mermaid shoot once a few months back and I nearly died.

What do you think?

Renan Pacheco. That hair, that charming face. He screams "Baron" to me.

I could totally picture him making me spill my secrets, using them to betray me, and then still holding on to a corner of my mind despite my better judgement. Couldn't you?

MARYN

ALISTAIR

In reality, Anya Hofmannita is very different from our shy, mom-friend Maryn but her face holds this beautiful innocence that I think grounds me to her when I think of Mare.

Do you agree?

Chrisopher Mason!!! I remember him fondest from Demi Lovato's music video for "Here We Go Again," when he was a little curly haired baby.

Now, though, he's looking more grown up and exactly like how I picture Alistair.

What about you? How do you envision our blond warrior?

KAYA

Kaya is hard to cast. I have this very specific image in mind for how she looks, and I've yet to find someone who matches up entirely. However, Juliana Herz, a Costa Rican model, seems to come really close for me.

I think it's her eyes. They have something about them that draws my attention and won't let go.

All collages made with images found on Pinterest and created with Canva.

Deidre Sequeira