I adored and fell in love with the elemental magic in The Wind Weaver. So The Sea Spinner has been highly anticipated for me! And while this was solid, there was a bit of a pause on the high action from the first. But I’ll excuse it because the romance? YES! Keep reading The Sea Spinner for my full thoughts.
Summary
Everything changed for Rhya Fleetwood in the battle of Fyremas. Her grief is heavy, her rage volatile. Caeldera lies in ruins. Her friends are dead or wounded. And Pendefyre, their newly crowned king, is shutting her out. The Remnant of Fire needs all his focus for his kingdom, his people, and—perhaps more than anything—his insatiable need for revenge.
When a twist of fate leads Rhya to the last place she expected—the Water Court—the novice wind weaver is forced to confront the limitations of her untrained power as well as her increasingly complicated relationships. For enigmatic King Soren of Llŷr is as different from Penn as sparks are from the sea. The more insight he offers into the maegic that binds them together, the more confused Rhya feels—about her future as a Remnant, about her deepest desires, and about her role in the coming war.
Enemies circle close, ready to strike. And if Rhya isn’t careful, she’ll lose more than just her heart.
She’ll lose her life.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
In The Sea Spinner, we confront these new powers especially since The Wind Weaver ended so intensely. In many ways, The Sea Spinner is about the lull, the tenuous moment after the battle. It’s about regrouping, about coming to terms with the sacrifices and consequences. So there’s a bit of a lull considering the high paced action of the first, but it’s also devoted to Rhya learning to embrace her power. And one of the keys is to find someone who embraces her power, where she doesn’t have to hide from herself. There’s this powerful and passionate embers of love where someone has to be everything or nothing because wanting is all consuming.
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How long can Rhya run from her powers? It’s one of those love triangles which becomes about Rhya, about what she sees for herself, and these visions of who she wants to be. And as the lines keep crossing, the sacrifices keep being made, will she lose her hold of who she was? And is that a good thing? The Sea Spinner feels a bit more introspective as we explore whether love has to be an inferno we get lost in, whether love is about choices, and also how we can re-define ourselves. But what about the ending? The ending is diabolical though and BROKE ME. SO I need book three because the ending 20% of this one had me in a chokehold. Find The Sea Spinner Goodreads, Storygraph, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.