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A review by beesandbooks
Sea of Revenge by Nicola Italia
Did not finish book.
DNF'ed
Ultimately, the two points for why I DNF’ed this book were too strong for me to continue reading due to the unpleasant and uncomfortable nature of reading them both. The racist portrayal of Ikemba was inappropriate, and though it may have come from a place of well meaning historical “accuracy” I don’t think it was a necessary inclusion to prop up the white protagonist. In the amount of the book that I managed to get through, at no point was the romantic relationship that was being set up appeal to me. Reece was a predator. He is set up as an antagonist that Tamzen has no real initial connection to, and he considers her a possession to win and ravish. I simply couldn’t foresee either of these things being resolved in a satisfactory way by the end of the novel and thus had no more interest in reading it.
Ultimately, the two points for why I DNF’ed this book were too strong for me to continue reading due to the unpleasant and uncomfortable nature of reading them both. The racist portrayal of Ikemba was inappropriate, and though it may have come from a place of well meaning historical “accuracy” I don’t think it was a necessary inclusion to prop up the white protagonist. In the amount of the book that I managed to get through, at no point was the romantic relationship that was being set up appeal to me. Reece was a predator. He is set up as an antagonist that Tamzen has no real initial connection to, and he considers her a possession to win and ravish. I simply couldn’t foresee either of these things being resolved in a satisfactory way by the end of the novel and thus had no more interest in reading it.