ttwheam 's review for:

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
4.5
dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Following the bombastic introduction of Locke and Jean in the first book, Red Seas Under Red Skies places these characters in a foreign land with foreign rules.

Broke and alone they are placed exactly two-steps behind the world around them. It goes from casino heist to swashbuckling adventure and somehow managed to make me bawl within those parameters.

This series is a masterpiece in character writing and I spent my whole time reading purely excited to see how the characters react and what would happen next.

While this book felt like a departure from the original whimsy towards a darker tone, it still excelled in building Locke and Jeans relationship.