Mara Leventis is a character from Mermaid Princess Amelia fantasy series by Maxine Foti. She made her first appearance in “Stories from the Undersea World of Mermaid Princess Amelia.”

Mara is a sixteen year old mermaid from the Argolic Gulf. She was described as a skinny, tanned mermaid with short hair and an olive green tail. She had fake nails, and often used removable tattoos. She looked older than her age and quite exotic, and attracted attention as a result.

Mara used to attend the same middle school as Poseyda Eos and Kostas Petrakis. later, she became a student of technical school, and a classmate of Elena Laskaris. She was part of the club started by Thalassa Athanasiou. Poseyda, Elena and Thalassa, all looked up to her, believing she was wise and trustworthy.

Mara and her mother would often go out on land, to visit her grandparents. Mara was often bored during these visits because there wasn’t anything to do except watching the TV. So, she made trips to the nearest kiosk to buy teenage newspapers and read horoscopes and advice section.

Mara’s hobbies included giving her friends love advice and writing rap lyrics. She was quite a deep person, judging from her private conversations with Poseyda, but she had her shallow moments, too. She was rather snarky and had an absurd sense of humor, visible in her jokes.

Mara didn’t know that her friend, Kostas, was in love with her. She got scared of his love, and rejected him quite brutally, something she later regretted quite deeply. This scene showed that even though all her friends considered her to be rather mature, she had moments when she needed help, too.

Mara decided to re-do the conversation with Kostas, but it’s not clear whether she accepted him, or not. She didn’t tell anything substantial to Poseyda, as the two were worried about the teacher’s strike and the news of their friend being adopted. Mara learned that Elena broke into the necromanteion and got very worried about her.

Mara told Poseyda, she visited the island of Euboea, and wondered whether the dragon houses belonged to the ancient merpeople.

Mara Leventis-  A Character in “Stories from the Undersea World of Mermaid Princess Amelia”, Vol. 1 by Maxine Foti 

Mara Laventis

Mara is another close friend in Poseyda’s club. She is blunt, sober, and remarkably clear-headed. She has never fallen in love, which makes her love advice valuable—she gives sound, unemotional guidance. She loves playing with her appearance.

Mara serves as Poseyda’s philosophical guide. When Poseyda feels like everything is falling apart, Mara explains that her worldview is “bursting” because her old beliefs have been proven faulty, and this is a natural part of growing. Mara teaches her that life is about constantly breaking out of bubbles of belief and building new ones.