A review by winterreader40
Sea of Sorrows by Michelle West

5.0

We spend most of our time following the Matriarch of Arkosa as she makes the trek into the Sea of Sorrows(a desert) as part of the rights of passage of her ascension to matriarch, with her go the Havallan Matriarch, the Serra's Teresa and Diora, Kallandras, Avandar, Jewel, and many others. We also see a bit of Valedan and his return to the South.
This is possibly my favorite book in the series, so much happens in the Sea of Sorrows, there are battles to be fought, relationships to heal and fracture and even just surviving the desert takes work.