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Daughter of the Deep by Lina C. Amarego
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it was ok

*sigh*

Well, I shouldn't say this isn't for ANYONE, but um... it wasn't for me.

*looks at pretty cover* *pouts*

First: let us just say that the enemies-to-lovers trope loses most of its tension if the enemies were already lovers. As does the arranged marriage thing. If she loved him once, she can love him again, so all the 'will they learn to like each other' drama never makes it in the door. They don't have to learn to like each other. They don't have to discover that they're attracted to each other. There is no learning phase... meh.
This might work for some, but there is just too much going on in the first few chapters of this book. There is so much backstory I almost wonder why the backstory wasn't its own book. Why not show us the betrayal first, so we understand the pain the MC is in better than being told about something that happened before we even get started?
There's a lot of contradiction going on, too. Both clans are too poor to be able to risk not having her get married to the 'ex-lover/enemy', but the MC's female cousins are all dolled up and have never had to work in their lives.
Then there's the weird reason the MCs wind up getting married. Both families are fighting and breaking things so bad the council of the port they're trading at steps in to force them to... get... married? Really? Yeah, that's what port authorities do, and that will solve ALL the problems. Somehow that carries a lot less weight than having the parental figures get together and make an agreement for the betterment of their clans, or political advancement, or survival, or whatever, and the MC and her forced fiancé are just pawns... I mean, if they're breaking stuff so bad... wouldn't the port authority just... make them stop breaking... the stuff...?
I dunno. Maybe I'm old. All of those reasons might seem great to a younger audience.

DNF
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Reading Progress

October 8, 2020 – Started Reading
October 8, 2020 – Shelved
October 8, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
October 8, 2020 –
page 1
0.27% "*drooling over cover*
I am such a magpie."
October 10, 2020 –
page 20
5.49% "*drooling over cover*
I am such a magpie.

.............

20 pages in:

So... huh."
October 14, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Berengaria (new)

Berengaria Haven't I seen this review before? It says you read the book last month. Is there a way to repost reviews, or was this one saved somewhere until you were ready to post? *scratches head*


A.E. Pennymaker Berengaria wrote: "Haven't I seen this review before? It says you read the book last month. Is there a way to repost reviews, or was this one saved somewhere until you were ready to post? *scratches head*"

Maybe it's because of the friending thing? I just edited the review a bit, so maybe it popped up because of that.


message 3: by Berengaria (new)

Berengaria Ah, I'll try that! See if my review for Dark Matter shows up in your feed now.


Sofie Buynak-Casassa Totally agree with you


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