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A review by greeneggsandsam
Beneath the Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? N/A
4.0
4 stars
Beneath the Haunting Sea is the first book in a companion duology that follows Talia, a young woman born into a world of myths and legends that many do not believe in anymore. After she and her mother are exiled from their kingdom, they are shipped off to Ryn, a lonely island surrounded by a sea that seems to be calling to Talia. Part of her terms of being sent away from her kingdom is to be entered into an arranged marriage with the son of the Baron of the Ruen-Dahr on the large island. It is here that Talia enters into a world of learning about the myths and legends she once did not believe in and understanding why the sea is calling to her so clearly.
I absolutely adored learning about the world and the myths in this book. It was soo interesting. It had me hooked from the get go, and it's what made me interested in the book to begin with. However, there is a love triangle/square that takes up a huge chunk of the middle of the book, and while I don't mind love triangle situations, I feel it took away from how amazing this book was because it didn't add to the plot in my opinion. I also felt that one of the characters in the love triangle was more of a... lust at first sight situation, rather than an actual love interest, and that Talia just got swept up in her first romantic situation because this character was one I did not enjoy at all.
Joanna Ruth Meyer has incredible writing that I also loved reading. Her descriptions and the thought she put into this book made me enjoy it over all, despite the distraction in the middle. I will definitely be reading the companion novel and want to pick up her other works as well.
Beneath the Haunting Sea is the first book in a companion duology that follows Talia, a young woman born into a world of myths and legends that many do not believe in anymore. After she and her mother are exiled from their kingdom, they are shipped off to Ryn, a lonely island surrounded by a sea that seems to be calling to Talia. Part of her terms of being sent away from her kingdom is to be entered into an arranged marriage with the son of the Baron of the Ruen-Dahr on the large island. It is here that Talia enters into a world of learning about the myths and legends she once did not believe in and understanding why the sea is calling to her so clearly.
I absolutely adored learning about the world and the myths in this book. It was soo interesting. It had me hooked from the get go, and it's what made me interested in the book to begin with. However, there is a love triangle/square that takes up a huge chunk of the middle of the book, and while I don't mind love triangle situations, I feel it took away from how amazing this book was because it didn't add to the plot in my opinion. I also felt that one of the characters in the love triangle was more of a... lust at first sight situation, rather than an actual love interest, and that Talia just got swept up in her first romantic situation because this character was one I did not enjoy at all.
Joanna Ruth Meyer has incredible writing that I also loved reading. Her descriptions and the thought she put into this book made me enjoy it over all, despite the distraction in the middle. I will definitely be reading the companion novel and want to pick up her other works as well.