Beneath the Starlit Sea, Nicole Bea

jeanniezelos

Aug 31

Beneath the Starlit Sea, Nicole Bea

Genre: New Adult, Romance, Sci-fi and Fantasy.

I enjoyed this book, it was an interesting read with some different takes on the supernatural. Where it fell down for me was in the backstory, the witches in ore, why, when, how, what exactly did it mean. Illyse and the foxes, how did they get together, what was her story. How did the king just have to power to pull her in the way he did.
I liked the characters but felt they could have been fleshed out a little more, so we understood them better. Of course I'm way past the NA tag I've just noticed so that could be part of the issue.....

There was a lot going on here, and at times it seemed Illyse and Garit ignored the real world and its issues that they were supposed to be solving. That didn't really feel like the type of person they were.
The story and the characters/creatures were believable but for me things could have been a bit more in depth, so that it didn't feel quite so disjointed. I did enjoy the fact that the story was very different to so many "witch" stories.

Stars: Three and a half, a story that I enjoyed, which has some unique aspects but when I felt needed a little more clarity and depth.

Arc via Netgally and publishers

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