A Chapter A Day: Day 7
Reviewing book two in the Keys of Candor series, Sea of Souls, by Seth Ervin and Casey Eanes
Hello everyone and welcome back! Today has been a very progressive day for me and I hope that it has been for you as well!
Lets kick back relax and endulge in our achievements as we celebrate with another chapter of Sea of Souls!
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What is a Queen without her King? Historically, better.
This time it has a little twist though.
What is a Queen without her kid? Currently, better.
At this point in the story it is very refreshing to have the leader(s) of the resistance exposed. I was not expecting Aleigha to have anything to do with that so it was a nice twist.
The amount of strategic war planning and complicated plans and procedures gives the impression that at least one of the authors or a close friend or family member has had military experience. It feels very authentic and detailed which greatly increases the ability to dive into the story.
Lets talk about Grift. I am certain that he had to have been one of the best and well trained soldiers that ever existed. That means he had to have been trained to emotionally and mentally cope with the loss of loved ones and friends! I don't want to belittle his character, because the struggles that he is going through are certainly tougher than anything in our world, but come on man! You can't just back out of a rebellion!
"Welp, everyone I love has died. Guess I am just gonna go hide in a cave and wait to die." No! Just no. Go get your flipping revenge! Make them rue the day the were born, show them what true fear is and just when they think you will free them from the suffering and pain of this life, make them experience a fate worse than death. Don't just give up...
I adore the use of the word Rend for a name. I absolutely love it and it is something that I would name a child. It gives the impression of attractive, strong and edgy.
I have one typo, sort of, to report and one funny thing.
So the typo..... When Grift was talking about leaving Rose he got all chocked up... Yep. Chocked. I am almost 100% sure the authors were going for Choked but hey, they could have been suggesting that Grift had a "block or wedge placed under something else to keep it from moving" that was breaking his sentences caused by severe emotions.
By the way, that is the definition of a chock. It is an actual thing used to stop tires and such. See, you are always learning when you come here to read. (Page 92)Now the funny thing!!! "Ewing's hands shook. He nodded his hands, his tongue licking his dry lips. "I understand.""
That is a uh.. nice habit that you have there Ewing. What exactly does the nodding of hands express? Now it is entirely possible that this is what they meant to put and that it isn't an error. One of the definitions of Nod states: "signify or express (greeting, assent, or understanding) in this way:" and that could have been his expression of understanding. A Nod means to understand, regardless of the body parts used to do it.
Okay, that is all that I have to report on the chapter but before I go I want to give you a little "heads up" on this weeks schedule.
I will be doing the reviews through Saturday but on Saturday I will be attending Shelby-Con in Shelby, NC and will be reviewing it. Because of the conflict of review schedules I will be posting the review on Sunday the 17th even though it will have been written on the 16th. I also have a really important test for college sometime this week so I don't yet know how that will affect the schedule.
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!!! Stay safe out there :)
~Aki Ame Okami
Thanks for the on the fly edits. We will be sure to tweak those as we move forward. Obviously, moving the second book out in a year has its drawbacks, but we will fix em. :) Thanks for continuing to review.
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Thanks for the on the fly edits. We will be sure to tweak those as we move forward. Obviously, moving the second book out in a year has its drawbacks, but we will fix em. :) Thanks for continuing to review.
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