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cadeal03 's review for:
The Sunken City
by Emma V.R. Noyes
3 ⭐️
A sea of pirates and a secret underwater world?! Love it. I really enjoyed Amare’s background on the Moonshadow and I felt a connection to her cadre and uncle aboard the ship, I kind of missed them throughout the rest of the book.
The story, for me, starts to take a slower turn once Amare’s in Skullhaven, not for any particular character because I really enjoyed meeting Amare’s friends, even came around to liking Finn. I just anticipated Amare being more mature (should also state I didn’t know this was YA when I bought it). Once she arrived to Skullhaven, she didn’t really care to question the King’s whereabouts or anything, she seemingly was along for the ride but continued to say how much she missed the Moonshadow. Ultimately, she was kind of annoying.
BUT then the Winter Rose appears and I’m back to devouring the story! Trying to avoid spoilers - but I LOVE the Winter Rose captain and being back on the pirate themed side of the story. Sometimes it felt like I was reading two completely different books. Where were introduced to a lifestyle of pirate ships and the 1700’s (?) then were thrown into electric guitars and night clubs? Idk the timeline in Skullhaven just didn’t pique my interest as much.
There were some inconsistencies in the timeline (like when Cora says “you fought them (imilui- I can’t remember what they’re called) last night” but a few pages before that were told it was two nights ago. Also, the time between when Amare spotted Lucas at the docks, it didn’t add to their ages.
Another thing, I don’t mind a love triangle, but I’m not a fan when it’s done between brothers.
Overall, I’m looking forward to the second book and giving it a fair shot.
A sea of pirates and a secret underwater world?! Love it. I really enjoyed Amare’s background on the Moonshadow and I felt a connection to her cadre and uncle aboard the ship, I kind of missed them throughout the rest of the book.
The story, for me, starts to take a slower turn once Amare’s in Skullhaven, not for any particular character because I really enjoyed meeting Amare’s friends, even came around to liking Finn. I just anticipated Amare being more mature (should also state I didn’t know this was YA when I bought it). Once she arrived to Skullhaven, she didn’t really care to question the King’s whereabouts or anything, she seemingly was along for the ride but continued to say how much she missed the Moonshadow. Ultimately, she was kind of annoying.
BUT then the Winter Rose appears and I’m back to devouring the story! Trying to avoid spoilers - but I LOVE the Winter Rose captain and being back on the pirate themed side of the story. Sometimes it felt like I was reading two completely different books. Where were introduced to a lifestyle of pirate ships and the 1700’s (?) then were thrown into electric guitars and night clubs? Idk the timeline in Skullhaven just didn’t pique my interest as much.
There were some inconsistencies in the timeline (like when Cora says “you fought them (imilui- I can’t remember what they’re called) last night” but a few pages before that were told it was two nights ago. Also, the time between when Amare spotted Lucas at the docks, it didn’t add to their ages.
Another thing, I don’t mind a love triangle, but I’m not a fan when it’s done between brothers.
Overall, I’m looking forward to the second book and giving it a fair shot.