I am getting lazy about writing my reviews! I read Child last weekend. Bad Dr Susan!I liked Child of a Hidden Sea. The world was unique enough to be intriguing, and the magic system was fun. The animals, natural and made, were very interesting. I did find myself thinking several times that Sophie was too stupid to live, but the book, as a whole, held my interest to the point that I was irritated with interruptions. I look forward to reading more of Sophie's adventures. Dellamonica is one of those mid-list authors that I am bound and determined to get people to read. She's a queer author, who writes fascinating stories featuring great world-building and an assortment of queer people and people of color. While Child of a Hidden Sea is not quite as mind-bending as her previously duology (Indigo Springs and Blue Magic), the plot is a serviceable "modern person thrust into a fantasy world". The fantasy world is an archipelago-based Mediterranean ocean-going set, with pirates, religious fanatics, hedonists, matriarchal societies, and a naval-based United Nations. The main character? Sophie Hansa, an adopted child looking for her parents who, upon intervening in an attack on her (possible) biological aunt ends up crash-landing on one of the smaller islands. Where, for me, the story really shines is the interactions between Sophie, and her siblings-- Bramwell, her adopted brother, and Verena, her just-met biological sister. The feelings of discovery and stress rang really true. Dellamonica also put a lot of energy into developing an intricate and believable ecology and mysterious origin for her fantasy world, allowing a focus to drift from the political drama at times because Sophie is an oceanographer/videographer, which, for me, rounded out not only Sophie's character by the world in a way that's almost never explored.
What do You think about Child Of A Hidden Sea (2014)?
Me gustó mucho la premisa del libro pero nunca me terminó de atrapar la trama ni sus personajes
—Kassandra
What a great book, lots of action and twist n turns. Recommend this book.
—robinlovesellie
I got to 25%, but it couldn't spark my interest enough to read on.
—Carly
Cute, save for a few key problems. Will definitely read the sequel
—Jamie
