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The Edge of the Abyss (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #2)
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bookshelves: 4-stars, fantasy-sci-fi-or-something-similar, read-in-2018, sci-fi, lgbtqiap, sapphics
Sep 15, 2018
bookshelves: 4-stars, fantasy-sci-fi-or-something-similar, read-in-2018, sci-fi, lgbtqiap, sapphics
Ahhhhhhhhh, I love this series!!! These characters own my heart! Can I just flail?! I LOVE CAS AND SWIFT WITH ALL MY HEART!!!
THINGS I LOVED
- The plot was fast paced and action packed! And just interesting and good! And exciting! And kept me on the edge of my seat!And why am I writing reviews while half asleep?!
- The sea monsters were COOL! And speaking of sea monsters, BAO!! I LOVE BAO! Bao is a baby sea monster and he's huge and monstrous, and basically the cutes thing EVER. I love Bao. He is precious. And Cas's relationship with him! 😂 She's constantly insulting him and complains about him all the time, but really she actually loves him, and it's so funny and sweet!
- THE CHARACTERS!!! Cas is great! She's just... a really compelling main character? You can't help but root for her! And I just wanted her to be HAPPY, and for so much of the book she ISN'T and it caused me PAIN.
- AND SWIFT! OH MY GOSH SWIFT! SWIFT IS AMAZING!!!! I LOVE THIS GIRL WITH ALL OF MY HEART!!! AKJHDJKJHHGGDGHJGHFGFHGGG!!!!
- THE ROMANCE!!!!! Cas and Swift are just PERFECT for each other, and there's so much angst and tension, but not BAD angst and tension, REALLY, REALLY GOOD ANGST AND TENSION! AND IT'S AMAZING! AND SO SO PAINFUL! BUT SO AMAZING!!! AHHHHH I LOVE THESE TWO AND I SHIP THEM SOOOOO MUCH!!!!
- It was just a super satisfying conclusion! It tied up all the threads, and it made me feel things, and I loved it!
THINGS I DISLIKED
- I would have liked a bit more world building? I mean, it was fine, there was some, and it was good enough, I just would have liked to know a but more?
- At times I would just find my attention wandering? And I had this problem with the first book too, so I think it was more than just my mood. Like, for 99% of the book I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, but every once and a while there would be a lull, and all of a sudden I was totally uninterested. And it was truly just a *tiny* fraction of the book, but it WAS there.
Overall? This book was SO GOOD!! Maybe not *quite* as good as book one, but it's close! And I absolutely one hundred percent recommend this duology! Seriously, if you haven't yet, you NEED to go read this! AMAZING!
THINGS I LOVED
- The plot was fast paced and action packed! And just interesting and good! And exciting! And kept me on the edge of my seat!
- The sea monsters were COOL! And speaking of sea monsters, BAO!! I LOVE BAO! Bao is a baby sea monster and he's huge and monstrous, and basically the cutes thing EVER. I love Bao. He is precious. And Cas's relationship with him! 😂 She's constantly insulting him and complains about him all the time, but really she actually loves him, and it's so funny and sweet!
- THE CHARACTERS!!! Cas is great! She's just... a really compelling main character? You can't help but root for her! And I just wanted her to be HAPPY, and for so much of the book she ISN'T and it caused me PAIN.
- AND SWIFT! OH MY GOSH SWIFT! SWIFT IS AMAZING!!!! I LOVE THIS GIRL WITH ALL OF MY HEART!!! AKJHDJKJHHGGDGHJGHFGFHGGG!!!!
- THE ROMANCE!!!!! Cas and Swift are just PERFECT for each other, and there's so much angst and tension, but not BAD angst and tension, REALLY, REALLY GOOD ANGST AND TENSION! AND IT'S AMAZING! AND SO SO PAINFUL! BUT SO AMAZING!!! AHHHHH I LOVE THESE TWO AND I SHIP THEM SOOOOO MUCH!!!!
- It was just a super satisfying conclusion! It tied up all the threads, and it made me feel things, and I loved it!
THINGS I DISLIKED
- I would have liked a bit more world building? I mean, it was fine, there was some, and it was good enough, I just would have liked to know a but more?
- At times I would just find my attention wandering? And I had this problem with the first book too, so I think it was more than just my mood. Like, for 99% of the book I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, but every once and a while there would be a lull, and all of a sudden I was totally uninterested. And it was truly just a *tiny* fraction of the book, but it WAS there.
Overall? This book was SO GOOD!! Maybe not *quite* as good as book one, but it's close! And I absolutely one hundred percent recommend this duology! Seriously, if you haven't yet, you NEED to go read this! AMAZING!
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Reading Progress
June 1, 2018
– Shelved
June 1, 2018
– Shelved as:
to-read
September 14, 2018
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Started Reading
September 14, 2018
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8.13%
"I ship these two so hard it hurts! Oh wait... Maybe it's the fact that they're fighting that hurts! 💔
STOP FIGHTING ALREADY YOU TWO! DO YOU HEAR ME?! STOP FIGHTING!!!!"
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26
STOP FIGHTING ALREADY YOU TWO! DO YOU HEAR ME?! STOP FIGHTING!!!!"
September 15, 2018
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65.63%
"I love Cas's relationship with Bao, and how she's always affectionately insulting him. 😂😂😂"
page
210
September 15, 2018
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74.38%
"I'm getting nervous... This had better end well!!! Emily Skruktskie, don't you dare break my heart! You hear me?! Don't you dare! Okay? Okay?!"
page
238
September 15, 2018
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80.31%
"Okay, we get it, her last name is Kent. You know her name. WE GET IT. Now stop overusing her full name. It's just getting ridiculous."
page
257
September 15, 2018
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81.25%
"I have a hunch I know how this is going to play out... Just a hunch but... someone else knows where they are. Someone who just might... send help."
page
260
September 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
4-stars
September 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
fantasy-sci-fi-or-something-similar
September 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
read-in-2018
September 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
sci-fi
September 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
lgbtqiap
September 15, 2018
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Finished Reading
September 20, 2020
– Shelved as:
sapphics
