I immediately went to snapchat, and all of my friends, too, did not know this. I noticed how the triplets’ descriptions were somewhat vague besides the dark black hair, so I went and did some searching, and I was absolutely shocked to find out that this book is written by a woman of color.

I watch a lot of Booktube, I read a lot of blogs, I spend too much time on book twitter, but I have never heard that Kendare Blake is Korean, ever. So, something I also really want to talk about is how this (in my mind and my opinion) is an own voices book. “In her mind, every last Queen lies at the bottom of the sea, drowned by the Goddess the moment she was done with them.” Even though, once they did? Lord, help me. This is a very character driven story, and I loved that so much, but some major plot points just felt like they took too long to get going. The only reason I chose to give this four stars, instead of five, was because the actual plot itself was a little slow for my liking. And again, this was such an amazing journey and I hope more people give this book a shot, despite the mixed reviews.Īnd the twists and turns? I was at the edge of my seat reading this! And I was going to say one of the only downsides while reading was because a friend sort of intentionally spoiled a twist for me, but then I was completely blindsided by another immediately after. These characters are honestly a tier above almost every YA character I’ve ever read. And I fell so very in love with each sister, easily, and happily. And the writing? Beautiful, lyrical, genius. This world is gloriously feminist, and I loved each point of view from the different islands. This lone triplet will be the new queen of Fennbirn. Yet, once these sisters turn sixteen, a battle will begin which only ends when only one of the girls are alive and the other two sisters dead. For the most part, it will be triplets, each with different powers, who will be sent away to live among people who have also developed their powers. Basically, this story is set in a world with an amazing matriarchy, where a queen will always give birth to multiple girls.

Most of you probably know the synopsis of this book, but it will still bring me immense joy to tell those few who might not know. Instantly drawn in, immersed, and in love. I read that first chapter with my mouth open the entire time. This book seems to be very polarizing on my feed, and from people I love, trust, and have similar reading tastes as, so I was a little apprehensive going in. Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

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