The Laughter of the Sun series

Once upon a time, there was a furious mermaid living in a bubble beneath a garbage patch.

She had to surface … and stay.

Cover of the book "The Mermaid's Wrath" by Andie Holman, featuring a dark blue background with gold accents and celestial-themed illustrations, including a mermaid, sun, moon, stars, and waves, with the subtitle "A Contemporary Environmental Fantasy".
Award logo for Reedsy Discovery Editors' Choice Award 2025 with a circular design, dark blue text, and small star illustrations.
Book cover titled 'The Sorrow of Bees' by Andie Holman with illustrations of bees, honeycomb patterns, and a crown on a bee in the center.
Book cover for 'The Unbearable Melt' by Andie Holman. Features an illustration of a polar bear and a black bird on an ice floe in the ocean with a starry sky and celestial design in the background.

The Laughter of the Sun Series is Hope punk - the opposite of Dystopian.

The world-building is formed from current science, but the characters have magic, and the animals can talk.

Described as Moana meets The Hunger Games.