Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book! 

Ultimately I liked parts of this but struggled with others. I thought the writing quality was pretty good apart from some bits that felt a bit repetitive and how some fairly important scenes happened off-page. A lot of the treasure hunting and diving scenes kind of breeze by, and the author's note did mention that they took a lot of liberties with the depiction.

I think the thing the book did best was illustrate the chemistry between the two love interests. The physical pull between them was present in all their scenes together and helped make the insta-love aspects feel less cheap. That being said, I don't know how I felt about this romance? I don't think there's really any justification for how Huck

left Stella without a word.

This is the modern era where cellphones exist, there's no excuse. The way the whole tangle of the past and

their mutual friend's involvement

got resolved didn't feel earned or even realistic. 

Despite my criticisms, I didn't think this was bad, and I will definitely check out more by this author.