[ Goodreads ] They are the light against the darkness.
The steel against the necromancy of the Druj.
And they use demons to hunt demons….
Nazafareen lives for revenge. A girl of the isolated Four-Legs Clan, all she knows about the King’s elite Water Dogs is that they leash wicked creatures called daevas to protect the empire from the Undead. But when scouts arrive to recruit young people with the gift, she leaps at the chance to join their ranks. To hunt the monsters that killed her sister.
Scarred by grief, she’s willing to pay any price, even if it requires linking with a daeva named Darius. Human in body, he’s possessed of a terrifying power, one that Nazafareen controls. But the golden cuffs that join them have an unwanted side effect. Each experiences the other’s emotions, and human and daeva start to grow dangerously close.
As they pursue a deadly foe across the arid waste of the Great Salt Plain to the glittering capital of Persepolae, unearthing the secrets of Darius’s past along the way, Nazafareen is forced to question his slavery—and her own loyalty to the empire. But with an ancient evil stirring in the north, and a young conqueror sweeping in from the west, the fate of an entire civilization may be at stake…
Rating: 3.7 stars (Not quite deserving of a 3.5 because I love the story and characters so much, but there are some irritating aspects… Goodreads rating: 4 stars).
The places, historical events, some of the characters, and several other aspects, in The Midnight Sea, are strongly based on real history – with a bit of added magic. This was not mentioned in the beginning of the book so I was expecting a much different fantasy world – and it definitely hindered my reading experience as I was consistently confused.
Honestly, I really liked the story in general but the feeling I got from this book was that it was really underdeveloped, in terms of characters, world, mythology…Every time a new concept was introduced or mentioned, it was never properly explained. It had so much potential, though.
The writing was a little bland. At some point, when I was reading, I noticed how incredibly unremarkable and simple it was. It felt like there was something missing, but perhaps I’m just used to reading really popular authors with acclaimed writing skills.
In short, although I enjoyed it quite a bit for the plot and characters, it’s underdeveloped and slightly predictable, and this story had the potential for much more. I just hope the next book is better (why yes, I am interested in the next book).
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