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A review by vanquishingvolumes
The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst
4.0
This was my first foray into this fantasy world, and I now know I need to read more! A blind date with a book courtesy of my favorite independent scrunchie and book seller Yawny Studio, this tale of fierce women and young love was a delightful read. With shades of the Hunger Games thrown in, I was entranced by this story of island nations and the powerful women who could connect to the various spirits around them. But power is a sentence for these women - a sentence to either risk almost certain death to potentially become a future heir to the throne or to abandon their name, their family, and their voice to become a Silent Sister helping to guard the islands from rogue spirit attacks. Neither option is good. But the third option is death.
We follow young bride Mayara - who on her wedding day is forced to use her power to save her village when it is attacked by rogue spirits. The heirs to the throne should have been the ones to save the village - but they were dispatched elsewhere to save the wealthy elite families. Forced to protect her loved ones and unveil her power, Mayara is forced to make the choice between eternal, silent servitude or risking it all for the chance to maybe live long enough to return to her husband. The odds aren’t in her favor, but Mayara has never been one to give up when her loved ones are at risk. Torn from her family, she finds herself making friends with other women likewise sentenced to a short, unhappy future while uncovering dark secrets about the queens of the island. Unsure if her husband is alive or dead after she was forcibly taken from him, she will fight tooth and nail to return to her home and see if her love still lives. And she may just save the islands while she is at it.
We follow young bride Mayara - who on her wedding day is forced to use her power to save her village when it is attacked by rogue spirits. The heirs to the throne should have been the ones to save the village - but they were dispatched elsewhere to save the wealthy elite families. Forced to protect her loved ones and unveil her power, Mayara is forced to make the choice between eternal, silent servitude or risking it all for the chance to maybe live long enough to return to her husband. The odds aren’t in her favor, but Mayara has never been one to give up when her loved ones are at risk. Torn from her family, she finds herself making friends with other women likewise sentenced to a short, unhappy future while uncovering dark secrets about the queens of the island. Unsure if her husband is alive or dead after she was forcibly taken from him, she will fight tooth and nail to return to her home and see if her love still lives. And she may just save the islands while she is at it.