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Magic of Blood and Sea
by Cassandra Rose Clarke
I think that the writing of this book was a perfect balance between dialect and proper English, as well as between flowery and plain language. As a person who doesn't like overly flowery language, I can definitely appreciate the subtlety of this writing style.
I like the characters, and their relationships. The main character, Ananna, was spunky, headstrong, cautious, and rational. I enjoyed it. She didn't spend time mooning over boys, and when she did, it wasn't love at first sight. She preferred people who weren't perfect, and she wasn't described as perfect either.
There was also a lesbian couple in it, and it wasn't highlighted, or thought of as wrong. It was treated in a completely normal way, like it wasn't any different than heterosexual relationships, which it wasn't.
Naji, the other main character, was sufficiently broody, and caring, and flawed. He spent a lot of time worrying about how he looked - he has a large scar marring his face, which was definitely normal, seeing as he thought it made him different. But it wasn't over-done.
Most of the book, both characters are lovesick, where their potential love interests don't reciprocate their feelings; another refreshing aspect of this book.
This book is about pirates, and there is a little pirating in the book itself, but mostly they are on a quest to break their curse (this is not a spoiler, as it happens within the first couple of chapters). It isn't really a treasure hunt per se, so I was kind of disappointed that there wasn't more about pirates. Not to say that there isn't a lot about pirate culture, and a lot of pirate cameos, but this book was not about the act pirating. So be warned if you were thinking of picking this book up on the pirate synopsis alone.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book, and I recommend it. Just know that this is not really a substitute for the pirates of the caribbean movies.
I like the characters, and their relationships. The main character, Ananna, was spunky, headstrong, cautious, and rational. I enjoyed it. She didn't spend time mooning over boys, and when she did, it wasn't love at first sight. She preferred people who weren't perfect, and she wasn't described as perfect either.
There was also a lesbian couple in it, and it wasn't highlighted, or thought of as wrong. It was treated in a completely normal way, like it wasn't any different than heterosexual relationships, which it wasn't.
Naji, the other main character, was sufficiently broody, and caring, and flawed. He spent a lot of time worrying about how he looked - he has a large scar marring his face, which was definitely normal, seeing as he thought it made him different. But it wasn't over-done.
Most of the book, both characters are lovesick, where their potential love interests don't reciprocate their feelings; another refreshing aspect of this book.
This book is about pirates, and there is a little pirating in the book itself, but mostly they are on a quest to break their curse (this is not a spoiler, as it happens within the first couple of chapters). It isn't really a treasure hunt per se, so I was kind of disappointed that there wasn't more about pirates. Not to say that there isn't a lot about pirate culture, and a lot of pirate cameos, but this book was not about the act pirating. So be warned if you were thinking of picking this book up on the pirate synopsis alone.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book, and I recommend it. Just know that this is not really a substitute for the pirates of the caribbean movies.