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This Raging Sea
by De Elizabeth
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THIS RAGING SEA by De Elizabeth (Sept 23)
Thank you Netgalley and Holiday House for the earc
Loch Creek is a witchy town, it's also where Blair Winters thinks she's going to die---like her brother did 13 years prior...among the waves. When her best friend, Finn Adler, disappears, Blair must seek put her enemy to help find him. Together, they unearth secrets and darkness that makes up the town.
THIS RAGING SEA is a YA sci-fi esque mystery filled with rage, heartache, a tinge of romance, and a mysterious force at hand---witches and magic. This book is the epitome of atmospheric, and it reminded me so much of something some of my favorite authors would write: nature stirring everything up, in this case with "the raging sea." It was almost lyrical as the author told the story. I loved that it was dual-pov, because Finn's pov added to the book. And I loved how everything just sort of flowed...almost like a sea.
With everything positive, there comes negative. I had to take break reading this book because of the length. It was long, the chapters and the book in and of itself. As I pushed through, the second half was where its at---where everything flowed nicely as I mentioned above. The pace of the book picked up, and everything began to unravel. And as revelations were made, nothing was as it seems. And then that ending---specifically those last few chapters brought tears to my eyes. Love, loss, magic, if that's what you want to read, this this is for you.
THIS RAGING SEA by De Elizabeth (Sept 23)
Thank you Netgalley and Holiday House for the earc
Loch Creek is a witchy town, it's also where Blair Winters thinks she's going to die---like her brother did 13 years prior...among the waves. When her best friend, Finn Adler, disappears, Blair must seek put her enemy to help find him. Together, they unearth secrets and darkness that makes up the town.
THIS RAGING SEA is a YA sci-fi esque mystery filled with rage, heartache, a tinge of romance, and a mysterious force at hand---witches and magic. This book is the epitome of atmospheric, and it reminded me so much of something some of my favorite authors would write: nature stirring everything up, in this case with "the raging sea." It was almost lyrical as the author told the story. I loved that it was dual-pov, because Finn's pov added to the book. And I loved how everything just sort of flowed...almost like a sea.
With everything positive, there comes negative. I had to take break reading this book because of the length. It was long, the chapters and the book in and of itself. As I pushed through, the second half was where its at---where everything flowed nicely as I mentioned above. The pace of the book picked up, and everything began to unravel. And as revelations were made, nothing was as it seems. And then that ending---specifically those last few chapters brought tears to my eyes. Love, loss, magic, if that's what you want to read, this this is for you.