hortentia's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
ashleykwbooks's review against another edition
5.0
This book was worth reading for the last 50 pages alone! That battle and that ending! So wonderful.
Adrienne Young is a beautiful storyteller. She feels like a Tala weaving fate and tales in her own right!
While I absolutely love Adriennes voice and this new fresh amazing story, I did feel like quite a bit of information kept getting repeated which was a little disorienting. But an amazing story and while I wouldn’t say you need to read sky in the deep to appreciate this story I think it does make the story stronger to have read that book first.
Adrienne Young is a beautiful storyteller. She feels like a Tala weaving fate and tales in her own right!
While I absolutely love Adriennes voice and this new fresh amazing story, I did feel like quite a bit of information kept getting repeated which was a little disorienting. But an amazing story and while I wouldn’t say you need to read sky in the deep to appreciate this story I think it does make the story stronger to have read that book first.
juliterario's review against another edition
3.0
¡Tanto tiempo esperando leer esta novela! Realmente disfruté del último libro de la autora, Después del Deshielo, y me aventuré a leer esta novela sin saber que era su secuela xD. Vamos, que las portadas y los títulos son tan distintos que me confundieron, y no pensaba que eran libros de la misma saga. Me enteré mientras lo leía, y sin duda fue una sorpresa muy grata.
No sé, realmente disfruté de esta lectura. Fue una secuela excelente al primer libro, escrito de una manera preciosa y de esas que inspiran a toda mente lectora. La pluma de Adrienne Young es brillante, y sus historias realmente me cautivan. ¡NECESITAMOS MÁS LITERATURA JUVENIL DE VIKINGOS! Sin duda adoro este tipo de novelas, y Young me ha dejado sin palabras. Todo lo que amé en el primer libro continuó y fue incluso mejor en esta secuela, y la magia que esta historia crea con simples palabras es una que nunca olvidaré.
¿Por qué las 3 estrellas? Por alguna razón, me sentí bastante decepcionada con el rumbo que tomó este libro. No siento que Después del Deshielo haya necesitado una secuela, y esta no me encantó como tal. No sé, era un primer libro increíble, pero lo que pasó ahora con la trama no me fascina. Además, los nuevos personajes no me encantan, y no siento que haya habido un gran mensaje dentro de todo esto. Después del Deshielo es un libro poderoso, uno con un mensaje potente, fuerte e importante que comunicar. The Girl the Sea Gave Back, en cambio, no me pareció tener nada más que una linda historia, lo cual me decepcionó mucho :(
No sé, realmente disfruté de esta lectura. Fue una secuela excelente al primer libro, escrito de una manera preciosa y de esas que inspiran a toda mente lectora. La pluma de Adrienne Young es brillante, y sus historias realmente me cautivan. ¡NECESITAMOS MÁS LITERATURA JUVENIL DE VIKINGOS! Sin duda adoro este tipo de novelas, y Young me ha dejado sin palabras. Todo lo que amé en el primer libro continuó y fue incluso mejor en esta secuela, y la magia que esta historia crea con simples palabras es una que nunca olvidaré.
¿Por qué las 3 estrellas? Por alguna razón, me sentí bastante decepcionada con el rumbo que tomó este libro. No siento que Después del Deshielo haya necesitado una secuela, y esta no me encantó como tal. No sé, era un primer libro increíble, pero lo que pasó ahora con la trama no me fascina. Además, los nuevos personajes no me encantan, y no siento que haya habido un gran mensaje dentro de todo esto. Después del Deshielo es un libro poderoso, uno con un mensaje potente, fuerte e importante que comunicar. The Girl the Sea Gave Back, en cambio, no me pareció tener nada más que una linda historia, lo cual me decepcionó mucho :(
gennabean13's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was really excited about reading this because I love Sky in the Deep so much. This book was still good, but not as good as the first. I felt like the first had more depth and you felt more immersed into the world and what was happening.
The romance felt more like fate made them be together, like they had this pull to each other that made sense because of the Spinners, but they just accepted it. It was just not as fun as a reader to witness a romance where they didn't even know each other they were just kinda fated together.
Guntar has my heart though.
The romance felt more like fate made them be together, like they had this pull to each other that made sense because of the Spinners, but they just accepted it. It was just not as fun as a reader to witness a romance where they didn't even know each other they were just kinda fated together.
Guntar has my heart though.
kayladaniella's review
2.0
“There’s no need to go looking for war. War is faithful to come looking for us time and again.”
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young is the sequel to Sky in the Deep. It takes place 10 years later, with new characters. This book was bleak.
Genre: YA Fantasy
Type: 2nd in a duology
POV: 2 POV's, first person, past tense
Age Rating: 12-18 years old
~Synopsis~
For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. She has found a fragile place among those who fear her, but when two clans to the east bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse. When their chieftain looks to Tova to cast the stones, she sets into motion a series of events that will not only change the landscape of the mainland forever but will give her something she believed she could never have again - a home.
“The Spinners were wise, but they weren’t always kind. Sometimes fate was a tangled knot. Sometimes it was a noose. Or a net. But sometimes, it was the rope that pulled you from the sinking deep.”
~Writing and Setting~
This is the fourth book by Young that I read and the worst written. I couldn't focus when reading it and I wasn't motivated to keep on reading. The writing was all over the place and the setting was basically nonexistent.
“They weren’t afraid of battle. They were afraid of losing what they loved. And that’s what made them brave in battle.”
~Plot~
There was hardly a plot. Or at least a plot I understood. Suddenly there was magic and fate reading in this world, in which the previous book there wasn't. It was confusing and didn't make sense. I couldn't understand the motives. There was no unique twists or really any twists at all. And the romance was forced.
“There will always be war, Halvard. War is easy. It comes again and again, like waves to a shore.”
~Characters~
It was a shame because I really liked Halvard character in the last book. But, he was eight and now he's eighteen. He's become extremely unlikable and acted like a weak little boy. I didn't like him. Tova was even worse. She was confusing. She was the misunderstood girl who doesn't belong and it just didn't fit. The only characters I liked were Eelyn and Fiske who were barely briefly mentioned, but I was so excited to learn that they were married! For me, the once sentence where Fiske called Eelyn his wife was the best part about this book.
“They weren’t afraid of battle. They were afraid of losing what they loved. And that’s what made them brave in battle.”
~Overall~
The Girl the Sea Gave Back was an extremely disappointing sequel. I disliked the characters, the conflict, and simply did not understand it. I expected more from Young.
“You’ve made me a bringer of death, Jorrund. And there’s no offering of reparation for a crime like that."
1.5/5 stars
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young is the sequel to Sky in the Deep. It takes place 10 years later, with new characters. This book was bleak.
Genre: YA Fantasy
Type: 2nd in a duology
POV: 2 POV's, first person, past tense
Age Rating: 12-18 years old
~Synopsis~
For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. She has found a fragile place among those who fear her, but when two clans to the east bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse. When their chieftain looks to Tova to cast the stones, she sets into motion a series of events that will not only change the landscape of the mainland forever but will give her something she believed she could never have again - a home.
“The Spinners were wise, but they weren’t always kind. Sometimes fate was a tangled knot. Sometimes it was a noose. Or a net. But sometimes, it was the rope that pulled you from the sinking deep.”
~Writing and Setting~
This is the fourth book by Young that I read and the worst written. I couldn't focus when reading it and I wasn't motivated to keep on reading. The writing was all over the place and the setting was basically nonexistent.
“They weren’t afraid of battle. They were afraid of losing what they loved. And that’s what made them brave in battle.”
~Plot~
There was hardly a plot. Or at least a plot I understood. Suddenly there was magic and fate reading in this world, in which the previous book there wasn't. It was confusing and didn't make sense. I couldn't understand the motives. There was no unique twists or really any twists at all. And the romance was forced.
“There will always be war, Halvard. War is easy. It comes again and again, like waves to a shore.”
~Characters~
It was a shame because I really liked Halvard character in the last book. But, he was eight and now he's eighteen. He's become extremely unlikable and acted like a weak little boy. I didn't like him. Tova was even worse. She was confusing. She was the misunderstood girl who doesn't belong and it just didn't fit. The only characters I liked were Eelyn and Fiske who were barely briefly mentioned, but I was so excited to learn that they were married! For me, the once sentence where Fiske called Eelyn his wife was the best part about this book.
“They weren’t afraid of battle. They were afraid of losing what they loved. And that’s what made them brave in battle.”
~Overall~
The Girl the Sea Gave Back was an extremely disappointing sequel. I disliked the characters, the conflict, and simply did not understand it. I expected more from Young.
“You’ve made me a bringer of death, Jorrund. And there’s no offering of reparation for a crime like that."
1.5/5 stars
vinterthunder's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. It’s not as good Sky in the Deep. For me, this one didn’t grip my attention until about half the book. The language is beautifully written, lyrical like SITD, but I wasn’t sure about the plot.
3-word description: Slow start, mystical, lyrical
3-word description: Slow start, mystical, lyrical
dannycakez8808's review against another edition
3.0
So after not loving the first book of this series I decided I'd still give this one a go. But I was disappointed by this one as well. The premise has the right ideas but the author doesn't do enough with it. The plot ends up being boring and slow in my opinion.
taylorreadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Three stars for the battle scene alone. The rest of the book was actually pretty boring and no where near as good as Sky in the Deep.
junghoseok's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks to Goodreads and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy
The rumors are true, folks--people actually do win giveaways on Goodreads! I almost fell out of my chair when I got an email saying I'd won (and had totally forgotten I'd even put my name in for this giveaway). ANYWAY, winning this book made me read Sky in the Deep, and I would recommend reading that book first even though you can technically read them in any order. But you will recognize and appreciate more characters if you read Sky in the Deep first.
Without going into too much detail, this book is about Tova, a Kyrr girl who washed up on the shores of the Svell people twelve years ago. The Svell use her to foretell the future by casting the stones of the Spinners of fate. When she casts the stones at the beginning of this book, she sets into motion a brutal war with Halvard's people, a war she might have started--and one perhaps only she can stop.
I liked this book better than Sky in the Deep, but they are very similar in vein and style. The writing is also excellent. It took me a bit to get my footing in the first few chapters because there were a lot of names and gods and different clans thrown around, but once I figured out what was going on the story really pulled me in. I was fascinated by the character of Tova and her role as a seer. She was sort of a Cassandra figure, but instead of no one believing her prophecies, they blamed her for the bad things she foretelled even though it wasn't really her fault--she was just the messenger. Seeing her grow as a character and confront the people who abused her while claiming to be her family all along was fascinating. There's a subtle romance that happened a little quickly, but I found I didn't mind it.
If you love Vikings and discussions of fate vs choosing your own destiny, pick this one up. Also the cover is beautiful (and I was more than a little bitter that my ARC didn't have the official cover yet, but I'll get over it).
The rumors are true, folks--people actually do win giveaways on Goodreads! I almost fell out of my chair when I got an email saying I'd won (and had totally forgotten I'd even put my name in for this giveaway). ANYWAY, winning this book made me read Sky in the Deep, and I would recommend reading that book first even though you can technically read them in any order. But you will recognize and appreciate more characters if you read Sky in the Deep first.
Without going into too much detail, this book is about Tova, a Kyrr girl who washed up on the shores of the Svell people twelve years ago. The Svell use her to foretell the future by casting the stones of the Spinners of fate. When she casts the stones at the beginning of this book, she sets into motion a brutal war with Halvard's people, a war she might have started--and one perhaps only she can stop.
I liked this book better than Sky in the Deep, but they are very similar in vein and style. The writing is also excellent. It took me a bit to get my footing in the first few chapters because there were a lot of names and gods and different clans thrown around, but once I figured out what was going on the story really pulled me in. I was fascinated by the character of Tova and her role as a seer. She was sort of a Cassandra figure, but instead of no one believing her prophecies, they blamed her for the bad things she foretelled even though it wasn't really her fault--she was just the messenger. Seeing her grow as a character and confront the people who abused her while claiming to be her family all along was fascinating. There's a subtle romance that happened a little quickly, but I found I didn't mind it.
If you love Vikings and discussions of fate vs choosing your own destiny, pick this one up. Also the cover is beautiful (and I was more than a little bitter that my ARC didn't have the official cover yet, but I'll get over it).