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A review by cwrose
Ballad of Sea and Sky by Madeleine Eliot
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This author is new to me, but I can definitely see why she’s known for cozy romantasy!
I always love a tale of forbidden romance, races at war, and mythology retellings. We have sea-dwelling selkies, sky-dwelling sirens, kelpies, and krakens. It makes my mythology loving heart so happy. And I loved the unique siren-selkie romance.
I enjoyed a lot about this story. The development of the romance, Marina as a character (and I could 100% relate to her being asthmatic), and the air and sea magic they had. I wasn’t sold on Caspian at first, but he had grown on me by the end of the book (I thought he was your typical sarcastic alpha a**hole MMC but he actually turned out to be caring and sweet). And the spice was spicy, with a promise of more to come in book 2.
The side characters seemed interesting at first glance and I do wish we had seen more of them, though I’m hoping they’ll play a bigger part in the sequel.
This story was what I expected - a cozy fantasy romance that’s a bit light on plot, and heavy on romance. And it seems to be gearing up toward an explosive sequel, so I’ll be looking forward to that!
I always love a tale of forbidden romance, races at war, and mythology retellings. We have sea-dwelling selkies, sky-dwelling sirens, kelpies, and krakens. It makes my mythology loving heart so happy. And I loved the unique siren-selkie romance.
I enjoyed a lot about this story. The development of the romance, Marina as a character (and I could 100% relate to her being asthmatic), and the air and sea magic they had. I wasn’t sold on Caspian at first, but he had grown on me by the end of the book (I thought he was your typical sarcastic alpha a**hole MMC but he actually turned out to be caring and sweet). And the spice was spicy, with a promise of more to come in book 2.
The side characters seemed interesting at first glance and I do wish we had seen more of them, though I’m hoping they’ll play a bigger part in the sequel.
This story was what I expected - a cozy fantasy romance that’s a bit light on plot, and heavy on romance. And it seems to be gearing up toward an explosive sequel, so I’ll be looking forward to that!