A review by taylor_broek
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

5.0

Such an entrancing read! I couldn’t put it down, I loved the creativity of the magical elements and the parallel world. I imagined it to be the uk and Linus had a derry accent, not sure where I imagined the island to be but to book did an expert job of describing the area so I didn’t need to. I wasn’t aware of the influence of the book until halfway through but I tried to just read the book for what it was and I really enjoyed it, there was no mention of the “inspiration” in the book so I didn’t feel like it was actually trying to tell the story or glorify the history when I was reading it. It was nerve wracking, heart warming, funny, serious & heartbreaking. The love in the book was so genuine, I wish I could read it for the first time again!