About the Book:
Title: The Girl the Sea Gave Back
Author: Adrienne Young
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Series: Sky and Sea #2
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 336
My Rating: 4/5 ⭐
Summary:
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. Her own home and clan are long-faded memories, but the sacred symbols and staves inked over every inch of her skin mark her as one who can cast the rune stones and see into the future. 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.For the first time in generations, the leaders of the Svell are divided. Should they maintain peace or go to war with the allied clans to protect their newfound power? And 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.
My Thoughts:
*Warning: This review may contain spoilers from the previous book. Check out my previous review for Adrienne Young's first book, Sky in the Deep to avoid potential spoilers.*
When I first picked up The Girl the Sea Gave Back, it was a little hard to get into in the beginning. I was battling a reading slump at the time, in addition to other responsibilities, so it took me way longer to read this book than it should have. The Girl the Sea Gave Back takes place 10 years after the events of Sky in the Deep. We get to read from 2 POV's: Halvard and Tova. Halvard has grown and changed so much from when he was a little boy in Sky in the Deep, I loved seeing how he was navigating the new world after the Aska and the Riki clans formed together. You could see how his world growing up was changing completely since he was living most of his childhood during peace instead of preparing to fight in the clan wars that his ancestors had fought in for a long time. I loved seeing the reflections back to Halvard's childhood and seeing the lessons he learned throughout the story and how these events shaped him into the young man he was becoming.
Tova was a very interesting, and new, character. She was the outcast in the Svell clan because she was a Truthtongue, which led to her mistreatment from the entire clan as a chid throughout her adolescence. I felt really bad for her because she couldn't change what life had thrown her way. I loved revisiting this viking driven world and getting to see some familiar characters from Sky in the Deep. Even though they weren't as present in this book, it was nice to see where life had taken them since the events of the previous book. The one thing that I didn't care for in this book was how it felt like it dragged on during certain points of the story, while others were kind of rushed. I feel like if the pacing had been different, I would have loved this story even more. Overall, I did enjoy this story and I definitely suggest picking it up if you loved Sky in the Deep.
If you’re interested in checking out Adrienne’s pages, the links are below along with places you can get The Girl the Sea Gave Back.
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Thank you all so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed my review/suggestion! Until next time!
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