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A review by troetschel
The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson
5.0
What a glorious, breathtakingly wild book. If I'm being brutally honest, I'd rate it four stars; but I'm adding another star for the sheer joy I got out of reading it. The prose here is beautiful and compliments the worldbuilding quite well. I'm enchanted and looking forward to reading the sequel.
Kindred is an interesting and flawed character, I liked that she was complicated and rash. I liked that the secondary characters were also complicated and had depth that made them feel real and independent. The magic system - if you could call it that - is given no real explanation, so if you prefer Sanderson-style structured magic, you'll likely not enjoy this as much. But if the idea of magic that feels like Studio Ghibli ✨vibes✨ is appealing to you, definitely give this a shot.
Kindred is an interesting and flawed character, I liked that she was complicated and rash. I liked that the secondary characters were also complicated and had depth that made them feel real and independent. The magic system - if you could call it that - is given no real explanation, so if you prefer Sanderson-style structured magic, you'll likely not enjoy this as much. But if the idea of magic that feels like Studio Ghibli ✨vibes✨ is appealing to you, definitely give this a shot.