Book Blurb Reveal: To Kiss the Sea

BLURB REVEAL

Thank you so much @bookblurbmagic for helping me craft the perfect blurb for TO KISS THE SEA!

I know where my strengths are and writing blurbs is not one of them. So I called in an expert! (Hi Jessie!) I was also having trouble leaving out details that have been moved to book 2, TO BRAVE THE DEEP.

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QOTD: What part of the TKTS blurb catches your attention the most?

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[Image 1: A black and white background of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea. In the center are the paperback and ebook covers for TO KISS THE SEA by @ccwriter_ : A view of the open sea as if you are in the water, in the distance a ship with full sails crests over a swell. TO KISS THE SEA is written across the middle in large, hammered bronze letters. Beneath the title it says Kingsport Chronicles Book 1, C.H. Carter. "Blurb Reveal" is written across the bottom in gold letters.
Image 2: Same background, with the TKTS blurb on a teal square: 

In the Birde Isles there’s a saying:
You cannot take what the sea is not willing to give.
Ally Kingfisher never gave it much thought until she experienced the sea’s wrath firsthand. But after a near-drowning leaves her with a deeply ingrained fear of the water, Ally still finds herself inexplicably drawn to its depths. As if something is calling to her from beneath the waves, and it only grows louder each year.
Pasha is being punished for something she didn't do, sentenced to a life of solitude until her kin return. But mermaids aren't meant to live alone. Desperate for companionship, Pasha makes a deal that goes spectacularly awry, affecting the lives of everyone on the Isles for years to come.
When a pirate captain kidnaps Ally’s mother and demands Ally deliver the ransom personally, she is forced to leave land for the first time. Turning to Pasha, the one creature whose help she doesn’t want but whose power over the water she needs, Ally strikes a new bargain to get her to her mother. But she’ll have to confront more than her fears along the way…
Because even those in favor are still at the mercy of the sea.]