A review by alejandra_guerrero
Ocean Light by Nalini Singh

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

 Nothing happens, at all. Not with them, not with the rest of the world. Most of this takes place inside an underwater compound, so even the setting is boring. I got sick of the retcons and the repetitive plot points of “he/she is hiding something” only for that something to be quite underwhelming. Like how at the beginning the author tried to get people to think Bo had killed changelings (or ordered them killed), but she forgot the characterization she did of him. Bo might have questionable morals, but he’s not stupid.So it was extremely obvious to any reader with two neurons to rub together that someone else was trying to frame him (especially people who have followed the series from the start, which at this point it’s most of us). And she keeps retconning about the mating bond and mates in general since the Riaz fiasco. 

Another thing that bothered me was the secretiveness of BlackSea. They hide things to an absurd extent. To the point of them being changelings having no impact on the plot whatsoever, since they rarely change, they don't Say what animal they are, and they overplay the generic changeling Nature to the extreme. They show nothing that sets them apart from humans. It would have been a better story if it had taken place within the Alliance; the “Big mystery” subplot (which isn’t a mystery at all, it’s painfully obvious from the start) is with them, after all. And at least the location wouldn’t be so boring. 

I won’t be reading anymore of this series, Bo was the last character I wanted to read about, and it was underwhelming, to say the least. As I seem to have said about the last three installments of this series, he deserved better.