A review by lazygal
The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia by Sarah Beth Durst

4.0

At the end of The Queen of Sorrow we hear about the other countries(? lands?) of Renthia, places where the trees aren't large enough to house villages and where the succession might be a little easier. So how excited was I that we were going to a new Renthian place, an island chain that appears to have just as stressed a relationship with its spirits and a more stressful heir process. Had the blurbage not mentioned The Hunger Games I'd have been happy - this could easily have been "like Grace & Fury".

With a little editing and more time spent learning more about the rituals and beliefs, as we did with The Queen of Blood, this would have been a definite five star. Instead, this feels a little rushed when we're dealing with that aspect and drags when we're meeting the potential heirs and their time on the Island of Testing.

eARC provided by publisher.