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Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends, #1)
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Archive [Retired Buddy Reads] > Sea of Shadows [Jul 21, 2018]

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message 1: by Margret, Caladan Brood Face (new) - added it

Margret | 3168 comments Mod
July 21st


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments I'm in! :)


Chris (murphy44) | 710 comments I think that you gals will enjoy this, I did!


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Mayim de Vries | 2948 comments just might


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments I'm super excited for this! I love Kelley Armstrong. Everything she writes is a win for me.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments 10 chapters in. So far this has got a dark, creepy feel and I like it. The forest is making me thinking of Aokigahara forest in Japan where people go to commit suicide, so yeah, pretty dark.

Character-wise, (view spoiler)


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Siobhan wrote: "10 chapters in. So far this has got a dark, creepy feel and I like it. The forest is making me thinking of Aokigahara forest in Japan where people go to commit suicide, so yeah, pretty dark.

Chara..."


I didn't think it would be dark, I haven't read the blurb I'm looking forward to going in blind. Starting this tonight, really hoping I love it.


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments 43 pages in, (view spoiler)


RuinEleint 11 chapters in.

Yep. Super dark and creepy.

(view spoiler)


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Arkadeb wrote: "11 chapters in.

Yep. Super dark and creepy.

[spoilers removed]"


Haha yeah it is a bit odd. (view spoiler)


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Siobhan wrote: "Arkadeb wrote: "11 chapters in.

Yep. Super dark and creepy.

[spoilers removed]"

@Siobhan what they do is worse, it would be kinder to kill them quickly.

Haha yeah it is a bit odd. [spoilers removed]"


Arkadeb wrote: "11 chapters in.

Yep. Super dark and creepy.

[spoilers removed]"


I agree Arkadeb, these people create their own problems. The forest really creeps me out, they need to stop sending people there.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Yeah, it would definitely be kinder.

Chapter 30 - (view spoiler)


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments They've just re-entered the forest! That was awful :( (view spoiler)


RuinEleint Finished.

In general this book is quite dark and gruesome. Several of my hunches came true. (view spoiler)

But overall I did not like it. The book felt unfinished and the overall story is strange.

(view spoiler)


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Chapter 37 - (view spoiler)


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments 153 pages in - I think this is the first Kelley Armstrong books I've read where I haven't been hooked. I want to love this but I'm not there yet. I'm a bit confused as to what's happening. The timeline is weird and I'm not sure what's actually going on. So I think (view spoiler)


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Arkadeb wrote: "Finished.

In general this book is quite dark and gruesome. Several of my hunches came true. [spoilers removed]

But overall I did not like it. The book felt unfinished and the overall story is st..."


Finished. (view spoiler)


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Charlie wrote: "153 pages in - I think this is the first Kelley Armstrong books I've read where I haven't been hooked. I want to love this but I'm not there yet. I'm a bit confused as to what's happening. The time..."

Glad I wasn't the only one annoyed by the timeline issues. It was plain confusing at times.

Not her strongest work by far. I remember liking her first YA series, Reckoning was it?


message 20: by Charlie (last edited Jul 26, 2018 02:18AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Siobhan wrote: "

Shocked at the end of c..."


233 pages in, really enjoying it now, things are happening! I've been experiencing this thing lately that I'll call 200 page syndrome. I can't really get into a book, find it boring, don't want to pick it up etc but once I reach the 200 page mark I'm invested and I like it much more. I think I just need to give myself time to get into the world.

I suspected (view spoiler)

Really looking forward to getting some answers!


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Shiiiit (view spoiler)
Maybe don't read til you're done...


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Oh I'm scared to open your spoilers now! I likely wont be able to read any more of this today since I'm at the wedding straight from work so it'll have to be tomorrow night. I'm really looking forward to finishing.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments It was just something your comment made me think of...!

Enjoy the wedding!


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Read another 70 or so pages yesterday so I think I'm about 300 pages in now. (view spoiler)


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Finished! There's a lot of problems with it and the reveal at the end was pretty ridiculous but regardless, it was a fun read and I really enjoyed it.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments But, but, there was no ending! Don't you hate that?
We have to continue the series to have any clue what's going on.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Glad you enjoyed it overall! I thought it was alright.


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Yeah it's annoying that the entirety of book 1 was just to intro the world so we'd care about it when it went to hell. They could have told the same story in half the pages and devoted the other 200 pages to an epic war.


Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8703 comments Charlie wrote: "Yeah it's annoying that the entirety of book 1 was just to intro the world so we'd care about it when it went to hell. They could have told the same story in half the pages and devoted the other 20..."

Exactly. The whole thing was just set up.
Take Mistborn, obviously you need to read the trilogy, but Final Empire is still an excellent novel in the first instance, definitely not just set up. I know that's a high bar... Haha!


Charlie (charlieridley) | 5750 comments Siobhan wrote: "Charlie wrote: "Yeah it's annoying that the entirety of book 1 was just to intro the world so we'd care about it when it went to hell. They could have told the same story in half the pages and devo..."

I find I've been doing this a lot lately, comparing everything to Mistborn. It's hard not to when it's just so good!


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