His ultimate hope is that readers grappling with similar issues may find solace in his stories, realizing that they're not alone, that it's okay to feel the way they do, and that it's important to open up and share. The pacing was a bit different from what I usually read but I felt like it got straight to the point without a ton of unnecessary details. These stories aren't especially long compared to some of the epics I am used to reading and I am quite enjoying the punchy style this author brings to the table. The story will continue in the next book and we'll learn more about other characters mentioned here in this book and I can't wait.

The story was interesting perhaps caused in part because I was not yet familiar with the underlying folk tale. A Sea of Sorrow and Scorn is the gripping second book in the Tales of Levanthria fantasy-retelling series.

Overall, this is a fairly short book but spans so much time and distance that the proper detail is not given. Most of this reads like a first draft, what with the spelling mistakes and character development and pace.

The ending was a bit of a surprise, and too rushed but definitely has me intrigued and happy to read on in the series.

While this makes for faster paced storytelling, I found the pacing of the book to become rather slow once the two character were united. It took me right out of the story when you have Arron doing one voice and then Michela doing a completely different voice for the same character, not even vaguely similar.

The book jumps around like the characters do which is fortunate as it helps us get to the end more quickly. This book and me on the edge of my seat till the very last word and (*spoiler-ish*) That ending, I was not ready for. While the concept for his first novel was conceived six years ago, it was the nightly ritual of crafting bedtime stories for his children that really empowered him to breathe life into it. Instead, I get a man who tries to run his horse to death, almost lets his sister's saviour freeze to death and a ship that by all rights should have sunk the second they left the harbour.By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. I will get to book three only to see if we revisit book one characters or if we get any closer to tying it all together. My major complaint with the first was there were too many almost identical fight scenes, but this book was much better paced with the fighting and the enemies.

From intricacies of plotting and scene-setting to character development, Beswick expanded his skill set as he poured his heart into the pages. This sequel follows two main characters: Zerina, a young woman who is on the run for possessing illegal magical abilities, and Ulrik, a sailor who must protect his young sister, Esara, after their mother is murdered for her magical powers.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Also I feel the supporting characters of Darmour, Orjan and Navi could've been better off being introduced much earlier - I found them to be pretty interesting. No backstory for any character so I couldn't really get a picture of what motivated them, what drove them on their quest. I could barely follow the characters on their adventure because of all the deaths, I mean people were dropping like flies.