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A review by setaian
Carousel Sun by Sharon Lee
3.0
Kate Archer is the Guardian of the land in Archers Beach, Maine. She has a magical connection to the land and is charged with protecting it as well as dealing with the magical beings around Archers Beach and keeping them in line. On top of that the fortunes of her small resort town rest on the good luck she brings, and with the tourist season just beginning things are starting to look up. That is until the local drug dealer enlists the help of a fire elemental in his game of cat and mouse with the law.
I struggled with this book, and there are a few reasons why. First and foremost this is book two in a series, and I haven't read book one. So much of what was happening, so many of the characters just flew straight over my head and I'm reasonably sure that if I had read book one that wouldn't have been the case.
The book is set in Maine and a lot of the dialogue is in that New England brogue which was a bit of a struggle for this Australian.
Finally the book is incredibly dense. There really is a lot going on and a good deal of it doesn't relate to the central story. Honestly it's not easy to pinpoint what the central story is. I guess going by the synopsis it's Kate's battle of wills with Joe Nemeier the town's drug dealer, but he doesn't figure all that prominently in the book and actually only appears once.
So, it was a difficult book for me but also a book I found oddly interesting. Just one caveat, if this book sounds like something you'd like, read the book one first.
Many thanks to Baen Books and Netgalley for providing me with this ARC
I struggled with this book, and there are a few reasons why. First and foremost this is book two in a series, and I haven't read book one. So much of what was happening, so many of the characters just flew straight over my head and I'm reasonably sure that if I had read book one that wouldn't have been the case.
The book is set in Maine and a lot of the dialogue is in that New England brogue which was a bit of a struggle for this Australian.
Finally the book is incredibly dense. There really is a lot going on and a good deal of it doesn't relate to the central story. Honestly it's not easy to pinpoint what the central story is. I guess going by the synopsis it's Kate's battle of wills with Joe Nemeier the town's drug dealer, but he doesn't figure all that prominently in the book and actually only appears once.
So, it was a difficult book for me but also a book I found oddly interesting. Just one caveat, if this book sounds like something you'd like, read the book one first.
Many thanks to Baen Books and Netgalley for providing me with this ARC