The Sea King
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter King comes a breathtaking new tale of love and adventure set in the mystical land of Mystral
He wasn’t supposed to choose her…
Seafaring prince Dilys Merimydion has been invited to court the three magical princesses of Summerlea. To eradicate the pirates threatening Calberna and to secure the power of the Sea Throne, Dilys vows to return home with a fierce warrior-queen as his bride. But politics has nothing to do with unexpected temptation.
She didn't dare wed him...
A weathermage like her sisters, Gabriella Coruscate’s gentleness exemplifies the qualities of her season name, Summer. Yet her quiet poise conceals dangerous powers she cannot begin to wield. Better to live without excitement, she reasons, than risk her heart and lose control—until an irresistible Sealord jolts her awake with a thunderclap of raw desire.
Until evil threatens everything they hold dear…
When pirates kidnap Summer and her sisters, Dilys begins a desperate quest to save the woman he loves. Only by combining his command of the seas with the unleashed fury of Summer’s formidable gifts can they defeat their brutal enemies and claim the most priceless victory of all: true love.
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Two stars for this sequel to an excellent first novel. The first half of the novel is fine. A little rocky in terms of plot and storyline, but not a total disaster. But definitely a few holes there. Our heroine Summer is aggravating, and her suitor Dilys is clumsy but still far too perfect.
The second half was like Ms. Wilson copy-pastaed her story board outline into the novel and filled in the space in between with an overwhelming amount of exposition, yet no actual clear explanations.
It was painful finishing this book, and I forced down each page. I would honestly not recommend.
WARNINGS: Spoilers and a bit of whining ahead…
There are several times throughout the book that I couldn’t help but want to shake Summer and her sisters. In the first half, they comment several times about the care and concern for all, specifically the protectiveness of each other. But where the heck were they throughout Khamsin’s childhood while she was literally beaten and kept separate, neglected, and not claimed as a princess in the same palace? Fine ok, they’re hypocrites. Feels like a lot of rug sweeping.
In the second half, after what I assume were weeks, since the timeline was definitely not clearly communicated, of torture and intimate violations, Summer is sold and pulled off the slave ship where she knows her sisters were likely still on. She escapes her new owners, gets saved in the middle of the ocean in no time, and is reunited with Dilly Bear. Who talks her through her violations and she’s somehow immediately ok, then tells her they found her sisters remains, she grieves for maybe 5 mins, and then they have sex. And through the last 20% of the book, her now dead sisters are barely mentioned, and no one questions the weirdly specific salvage of both of their wrists with the rose marks alone? She does not return to see Khamsin who just gave birth to twins, and her personality just flips a full 180.
I just could not with the disregard of her sisters’ death. She didn’t ask for proof, and the scene itself was such a blur that even the reader was almost forced to disregard it. And despite this being a 2 book serious only, the sisters are, “surprise”, alive, and still slaves. I’m still annoyed.
