Reviews

The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia by Sarah Beth Durst

lislicorne's review against another edition

emotional relaxing tense medium-paced

4.0

read2more's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

darbymm85's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

leticiabench's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

femke495's review against another edition

Dnf at page 124*

This is definitely not a bad book!
But unfortunately it’s just not what I wanted out of it.

namatata's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

bucherwurm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

arbol's review against another edition

4.0

Garnah is very fun and I’m only slightly guilty about how much I’ve enjoyed her presence. She’s another fascinating moral quandary that is all too lightly explored, but as a person it makes much more sense that way. I didn’t get as attached to the new characters. However the plot was paced better with exciting premises.

I wish I waited longer before reading this one, as I think the separation would have helped it. Still, I would recommend this one and the first as the books to read in the series.

molly_reads78's review against another edition

5.0

One of the best series I have ever read

lazygal's review

4.0

At the end of The Queen of Sorrow we hear about the other countries(? lands?) of Renthia, places where the trees aren't large enough to house villages and where the succession might be a little easier. So how excited was I that we were going to a new Renthian place, an island chain that appears to have just as stressed a relationship with its spirits and a more stressful heir process. Had the blurbage not mentioned The Hunger Games I'd have been happy - this could easily have been "like Grace & Fury".

With a little editing and more time spent learning more about the rituals and beliefs, as we did with The Queen of Blood, this would have been a definite five star. Instead, this feels a little rushed when we're dealing with that aspect and drags when we're meeting the potential heirs and their time on the Island of Testing.

eARC provided by publisher.