Reviews

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

auora1484's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

cupofteenspirit's review

ONCE UPON A BOOK CLUB PURCHASE

nmfolkman's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

3.25

evhanson's review

adventurous inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

hollydaisy23's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

eponineeurydice's review against another edition

4.0

Captivating, hopeful, unexpected. RTC!

_abookwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

dedkake's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

schnoebs13's review against another edition

This was a cover buy for me and I did not realize how historical it was. Historical fantasies set in our world are a really hard genre for me to read. On top of it being YA and how I’m just not reading from that group as much, I feel like I set myself up for failure with this one. 

aoryuucchi's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

It's very interesting to learn about African religion and culture, but that doesn't compensate for how wonky the plot is. The characters don't change, there is no chemistry between them and there are evitable loses in the story. The ending was kinda ok, though.