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Across Dark Seas by Clare Sager
5.0
◦ I've received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ◦
Across Dark Seas takes us to the beginning of Avice’s life and we get a glimpse on her innocence, on how split she is between doing what’s necessary and being who she wants to be – wild, free, an author of wild stories, but yet, she needs to be obedient, dutiful and meek.. just like her mother. Living under her father’s house and under his temper she needs to rein in all of her feelings and all of her dreams.
Even from the beginning I felt like she isn’t happy and can’t wait for an escape, and when Evered Lyons, proposes to her to marry him, she accepts happily knowing that he will let her be who she wants to be, however, there’s a big obstacle to overcome, and that’s her father approval.
When we first met her father the atmosphere is tensed, very dark and very dominant, her mother a barely human behind him sitting quiet and only speaking when he allows her, gives you the feeling of such an unhappy family – you can feel the tension in the air and the fear on Avice to speak to her father about this, and with good reason. He was the one applying the worst punishments a child can go through, locking her in a cupboard without water and food, days in a row because she didn’t obey him or she was too “wild” as he called her more often than not. It was pretty sad seeing her going through this events, especially the way she saw herself through her father eyes.
I loved the fact that her mom came to her aid and helped her escape, even tho she knew the consequences of such acts, she didn’t care, she wanted her daughter to escape her husband and be free, the moment when she told her to not settle and become like her was pretty sad.
Once they escape her father and end up on the ship the book gets even more hilarious for me. Avice is getting tired of her husband who still can’t bring her over “the edge” in bed and also not getting better from the sea sick, he’s always moaning about everything, the way her hair stays, the way she smells the fact she works when in fact he doesn’t do anything and you can see her struggle of saying what crosses her mind and put him in his place and still act like a lady – the internal struggle is very palpable and it made me feel like I want to slap Evered more often than not.
Evered for sure wasn’t my favorite character and the way he found his end in the book should’ve made me gasp or feel sad, instead it made me laugh, because he was so sure on himself that he will become the first mate on the captain and he will gain their way and do that and be that when in fact he was… useless, Avice did the whole hard work and in my opinion he was such a neanderthal who thought women shouldn’t have any pleasure, just lay down and that’s it. While Avice was mourning the loss of the husband she lost she also showed how strong and the way she was coping with everything that was going on and also the biggest change that I’ve enjoyed the most is how she discovers her fae powers! Its been really interesting reading the beginning of Avice and the changes she goes through.
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Across Dark Seas takes us to the beginning of Avice’s life and we get a glimpse on her innocence, on how split she is between doing what’s necessary and being who she wants to be – wild, free, an author of wild stories, but yet, she needs to be obedient, dutiful and meek.. just like her mother. Living under her father’s house and under his temper she needs to rein in all of her feelings and all of her dreams.
Even from the beginning I felt like she isn’t happy and can’t wait for an escape, and when Evered Lyons, proposes to her to marry him, she accepts happily knowing that he will let her be who she wants to be, however, there’s a big obstacle to overcome, and that’s her father approval.
When we first met her father the atmosphere is tensed, very dark and very dominant, her mother a barely human behind him sitting quiet and only speaking when he allows her, gives you the feeling of such an unhappy family – you can feel the tension in the air and the fear on Avice to speak to her father about this, and with good reason. He was the one applying the worst punishments a child can go through, locking her in a cupboard without water and food, days in a row because she didn’t obey him or she was too “wild” as he called her more often than not. It was pretty sad seeing her going through this events, especially the way she saw herself through her father eyes.
I loved the fact that her mom came to her aid and helped her escape, even tho she knew the consequences of such acts, she didn’t care, she wanted her daughter to escape her husband and be free, the moment when she told her to not settle and become like her was pretty sad.
Once they escape her father and end up on the ship the book gets even more hilarious for me. Avice is getting tired of her husband who still can’t bring her over “the edge” in bed and also not getting better from the sea sick, he’s always moaning about everything, the way her hair stays, the way she smells the fact she works when in fact he doesn’t do anything and you can see her struggle of saying what crosses her mind and put him in his place and still act like a lady – the internal struggle is very palpable and it made me feel like I want to slap Evered more often than not.
Evered for sure wasn’t my favorite character and the way he found his end in the book should’ve made me gasp or feel sad, instead it made me laugh, because he was so sure on himself that he will become the first mate on the captain and he will gain their way and do that and be that when in fact he was… useless, Avice did the whole hard work and in my opinion he was such a neanderthal who thought women shouldn’t have any pleasure, just lay down and that’s it. While Avice was mourning the loss of the husband she lost she also showed how strong and the way she was coping with everything that was going on and also the biggest change that I’ve enjoyed the most is how she discovers her fae powers! Its been really interesting reading the beginning of Avice and the changes she goes through.
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