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Night Tide
by Grace Draven
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
SUNDAY RE-READ
There is no way I could embark on a journey into the sea with 2 of my favorite Romantasy Novellas from one of my faves. The first of which is Night Tide. This time around, I was really paying attention to the sea creature. I want to know how sentient-sapient it is to manipulate it's prey (humans) into willingly walking right into it's jaws deep in the ocean.
This was beautiful.
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OLD REVIEW
The sea monster trope done well it's almost achingly beautiful.
Night Tide is a seaside mystery filled with the blue unknown of waters deep, lucious and utterly breathtaking. This novella has expanded my understanding of the Wraith Kings Universe. I opened the book expecting to dive right into another fantasy romance but the build up was elegantly done. The charged atmosphere of the unknown in the deep sea, the grief hovering just above and following the village everywhere was mysterious and beckoning and a premonition of tragedy vibrated of the pages. In short - as incredible as Greek Tragedy of Poseidon's own making, of lurking monsters deep on the seabed and intrepid Trawlers wading deeper into the blue velvet and love gained and lost.
The atmosphere feels very Scottish Highlandsy from location, English dialect and the unconfirmed presence, of sea monsters though unseen, still believed in for hundreds of years. This is the kind of world-building history I love, the lore of old times colliding with the present.
What I wouldn't give to have a horse like Gitta with hooves as big as plates, built solid like an ox and standing at seventeen hands high. She seems warriorlike and powerful set against the backdrop of "The Gray". The entire trawling sequence involving the villagers and their horses wading into the water until waist deep, nets behind them dragging across the seabed until filled with fish and shrimp is strangely soothing and unexpectedly beautiful.
Reading about the human experience after exploring the life of the Kai Elder Race in Radiance (Wrath Kings 1) has only made me love the series more.
There is no way I could embark on a journey into the sea with 2 of my favorite Romantasy Novellas from one of my faves. The first of which is Night Tide. This time around, I was really paying attention to the sea creature. I want to know how sentient-sapient it is to manipulate it's prey (humans) into willingly walking right into it's jaws deep in the ocean.
This was beautiful.
*************************************************
OLD REVIEW
The sea monster trope done well it's almost achingly beautiful.
Night Tide is a seaside mystery filled with the blue unknown of waters deep, lucious and utterly breathtaking. This novella has expanded my understanding of the Wraith Kings Universe. I opened the book expecting to dive right into another fantasy romance but the build up was elegantly done. The charged atmosphere of the unknown in the deep sea, the grief hovering just above and following the village everywhere was mysterious and beckoning and a premonition of tragedy vibrated of the pages. In short - as incredible as Greek Tragedy of Poseidon's own making, of lurking monsters deep on the seabed and intrepid Trawlers wading deeper into the blue velvet and love gained and lost.
The atmosphere feels very Scottish Highlandsy from location, English dialect and the unconfirmed presence, of sea monsters though unseen, still believed in for hundreds of years. This is the kind of world-building history I love, the lore of old times colliding with the present.
What I wouldn't give to have a horse like Gitta with hooves as big as plates, built solid like an ox and standing at seventeen hands high. She seems warriorlike and powerful set against the backdrop of "The Gray". The entire trawling sequence involving the villagers and their horses wading into the water until waist deep, nets behind them dragging across the seabed until filled with fish and shrimp is strangely soothing and unexpectedly beautiful.
Reading about the human experience after exploring the life of the Kai Elder Race in Radiance (Wrath Kings 1) has only made me love the series more.