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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

12 reviews

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

Space gays ftw

why was the only sex scene in the epilogue smh

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and War

athenian_frog's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

Would have liked the hear a bit more about the supporting cast, they were pretty interesting and had fun interactions with the two leads.

Would have ALSO liked to see a bit more of the relationship the lead characters had with their guardians/family.

The political intrigue was at times hard to follow, but it got a bit more engaging around the halfway point. The religion was left a bit under explained. Much of my enjoyment came from seeing the leads work together, along with their crew, to make the best out of the military screwing them over. 

Romance is slow burn but it works for the story, and the lead characters work well together! Overall a fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual content

The world includes people who can mind control (“Architects”) and people who can read minds (“Readers”). Reading someone being compelled into saying or doing something may be emotionally distressing. A main character is given suppressive drugs while under medical care without their consent or knowledge. This makes it easier to mind control them. This may be distressing to those with anxieties surrounding medical treatment. Sexual content is sparse, nondescript, and consensual. Mainly just kissing described passionately.

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent and War

quasinaut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.75

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Rule-abiding Surit and chaotic Tennal were delights. Dual narratives can be tricky to pull off, but these two had such distinct personalities and histories and incentives and insecurities and, and, and. It really worked for me. 

I feel like the story took a while to find its footing, but once things were underway, I was fully along for the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content

imds's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Torture, War, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Drug use, and Medical trauma

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

aelis_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Murder

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

smasson13's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This one surprised me.

I loved Winter's Orbit and had been desperate for more of Everina Maxwell's work. While I was wary a sophomore novel wouldn't be as good, this one was really well done!

This novel is very much science fiction and the whole story is heavily focused on the plot, not the characters. You still had glimpses of them, but I felt you didn't get the full intensity of their characters. I missed more of the angst that I wanted from Tennal, or even the shock, conflicting, and turmoil of Surit. It just wasn't enough character depth for me to give it the full 5 stars. But, if you care less about that over a good plot, then this book would be perfect!

I may have liked it more than Winter's Orbit except for one minor issue: 

They kiss like twice...that is it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Murder, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping