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A review by jesssika
Carousel Seas by Sharon Lee
3.0
At 352 pages, this is a decent size book to read. It’s also the finale to a series. So, the best idea would be to read the other 2 (Tides and Sun) for the Archers Beach series. The cover was interesting enough to draw me in, a newbie to series as a whole. I like series because I get to spend extra time in this created world with magical characters.
You get to visit Archers Beach, Maine, see sea gods & goddesses, and meet great guardians. These work to keep things balanced, whether it be good or bad, saving feral cat colonies included. The pacing went well for the most part of the book. I even liked the characters. What I didn’t like was an inclusion of 5 other worlds. This book was too short to develop these and make them matter. It felt like a glimpse into something that became more of a filler. I’m supposed to care about these characters, and with so much punched into so few pages, I just wasn’t invested. I found myself skipping a few paragraphs here and there to just get to the ending.
There could’ve been more in the way of adding depth to characters and developing all these worlds more, but that doesn’t make it a bad read. Like I said, theres great pace and action with likeable characters. It a series that people should try.
Thank you to Edelweiss for the review copy!
You get to visit Archers Beach, Maine, see sea gods & goddesses, and meet great guardians. These work to keep things balanced, whether it be good or bad, saving feral cat colonies included. The pacing went well for the most part of the book. I even liked the characters. What I didn’t like was an inclusion of 5 other worlds. This book was too short to develop these and make them matter. It felt like a glimpse into something that became more of a filler. I’m supposed to care about these characters, and with so much punched into so few pages, I just wasn’t invested. I found myself skipping a few paragraphs here and there to just get to the ending.
There could’ve been more in the way of adding depth to characters and developing all these worlds more, but that doesn’t make it a bad read. Like I said, theres great pace and action with likeable characters. It a series that people should try.
Thank you to Edelweiss for the review copy!