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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

10 reviews

starlitpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, War, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death of parent

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Confinement, War, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

relin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I found myself highlighting different lines because they hit so hard emotionally. Facisniating to see a world that is altered in this way and how it impacts the main characters (Tennal and Serit) think and understand the world. The picture it paints is beautiful in the middle of a ton of intergalactic politics of people trying their best. Also has an amazing structure of gender. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, War, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

There are power dynamics built into the ways that 'magic' (scifi magic anyway) is seen in their world. This includes ideas about people being able to overwrite commands on other people.

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

i really enjoyed Everina Maxwell's first book, Winter's Orbit, set in the same universe but entirely separate, so i was of course very excited for their next one. Ocean's Echo went even more for plot and even less for romance than its predecessor, which was already notable for how plot-heavy it was for a book billed as a romance; unfortunately, i enjoyed the plot much less this time around. the whole Power Rangers combine-into-one but with minds ("syncing") became monotonous and laborious. the book could have been 20% shorter, but even if it were, the amount of payoff at the end still wouldn't feel sufficient. basically, not my favorite journey and a very meager reward for my efforts. i still recommend Winter's Orbit though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and War

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Addiction, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Slavery, and Terminal illness

re: ableism: people have genetically-inherited mind-reading/commanding abilities, and mind-readers are stigmatized. re: slavery: discussions of aforementioned mind-readers being conscripted into the military and basically worked to death. re: terminal illness: mcs find themselves in an untenable, rapidly worsening mental state

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

jessie_h's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow! I loved this book so much! Of course my last book of 2022 would also land itself on my top 3 books of the year list. It's one of the books that hooks you in and makes you ignore important things like eating and sleeping. I needed to know what happened next and yet I didn't want it to end! My mind is kind of blown right now with how amazing this book was. I adored the first one but I may love this one even more! I hope Everina Maxwell keeps blessing us with books in this universe because I still have so many questions about the Resolution and their treaties. I also want future books go back and visit the main characters in these first two books because I need more of them! I especially would love a sequel to this book because I need more of Surit and Tennal! I loved them so much! Ugh! I'm basically the heart-eyes emoji right now and my thoughts are just a rambly, raving mess. I'll sort them into a coherent review later. Just go read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Confinement

dolores_madil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

I loved the arguments and need to hold ceremony in this one more then the last book but I definitely had the emotion of please kiss already. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Gaslighting

aromarrie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

to be written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.5

 *I received a free review copy in exchange for an honest review of this book. 

OCEAN’S ECHO is the mind-control version of a forced marriage/fake dating plot… in space. It’s fantastic. 

Tennal doesn’t want to be synced, Surit is affronted by the very idea that he’d be forced to mentally link for life with someone who’s unwilling. Together they hope to pretend the sync worked and fake it long enough for Tennal to get away and for Surit to keep his military career intact. The political intrigues are complex enough to imply a great deal of other stuff that’s happening while reducing the pieces Tennal and Surit have to track into a relatively small list. 

I love Tennal and Surit, they make a very interesting team. Tennal is an absolute mess, and Surit is grounded in a way that lets him notice Tennal’s antics without getting bowled over. The course of their relationship is affected early on by the circumstances of their meeting just as much as it is by their personalities, something which continues to matter right until the end of the book. It’s a character-focused story, centering their reactions to what’s happening whether or not one of them was the catalyst. They’re frequently buffeted by someone else’s moves, piecing together what’s going on and why while the adjust their course. It means that even though there’s a lot happening other than their relationship, everything is filtered through their processing of events, singly or together. 

Though technically not a sequel, this is in the same universe as WINTER'S ORBIT. The main way this matters is they share a galactic convention for gender-markers by way of jewelry material. Someone could read them in either order or even just read one or the other and have everything make sense. 

The ending leaves open the possibility that they’ll show up in later books, tying off major and minor plot threads so that this is a complete story on its own while giving an indication of what they’ll do next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Ableism

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

5.0

Thanks to Tor Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - OCEAN'S ECHO is basically a sci-fi twist on the fake dating trope, and I adored it. Even more than WINTER'S ORBIT, which I didn't think would be possible.
- Tennal and Surit are perfect opposites-attract pair, and the slow burn between them is marvelous.
- This book expanded on the worldbuilding set up in the OCEAN'S ECHO, uncovering more history and more secrets along the way. Maxwell's detailed universe is masterful, and i hope she writes more books about other parts of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief