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A review by vorpalblad
Song of the Abyss by Makiia Lucier
5.0
Spunky ten-year-old Reyna from Isle of Blood and Stone is now a 17-year-old apprentice explorer. While you don't have to read that to read this, it wouldn't hurt as there are references to events from that novel, and although her story is not central to that book, what happens to her family is important in how she will face the future.
With that out of the way, let me say that Lucier has once again written a riveting fantasy/adventure/mystery. While there's more fantasy here, mysterious creatures and dangerous whirlpools, Lucier's game is still strongest when writing adventure. Reyna's longing to prove herself, and her need for adventure fairly leap off the page. Lucier expands her world building, as Reyna and friends try to find out what has happened to the missing crews of ships from many nations. There's a dash of romance, a taste of political intrigue, wrapped up with a feminist bow.
While the editing felt less even than the previous entry, Song of the Abyss is still a fine novel and one I would recommend to ladies of every age (okay, that's an exaggeration; there is some violence or the aftermath of violence, so probably 10+).
With that out of the way, let me say that Lucier has once again written a riveting fantasy/adventure/mystery. While there's more fantasy here, mysterious creatures and dangerous whirlpools, Lucier's game is still strongest when writing adventure. Reyna's longing to prove herself, and her need for adventure fairly leap off the page. Lucier expands her world building, as Reyna and friends try to find out what has happened to the missing crews of ships from many nations. There's a dash of romance, a taste of political intrigue, wrapped up with a feminist bow.
While the editing felt less even than the previous entry, Song of the Abyss is still a fine novel and one I would recommend to ladies of every age (okay, that's an exaggeration; there is some violence or the aftermath of violence, so probably 10+).