Rachel Baack
Summary: Tress is a seemingly ordinary girl living on an island in the midst of the Emerald Sea, an ocean made not of water but of fluidized green spores that burst to life as deadly vines when coming into contact with water. This naturally makes sailing this and Tress’s planet’s other seas, similarly comprised of spores of varied hues and with different but equally life threatening reactions to water, quite treacherous. In spite of this danger, after Charlie, a young nobleman with whom Tress has fallen in love, is shipped off to the Midnight Sea that is home to the infamous Sorceress, Tress resolves to sail the seas on a rescue mission. The resulting journey is one full of adventure, peril, and—to Tress’s surprise—friendship and personal growth.
This story is as exciting as it is heartwarming, and Brandon Sanderson lays down some banger figurative language and one-liners throughout the novel.
Summary: Tress is a seemingly ordinary girl living on an island in the midst of the Emerald Sea, an ocean made not of water but of fluidized green spores that burst to life as deadly vines when coming into contact with water. This naturally makes sailing this and Tress’s planet’s other seas, similarly comprised of spores of varied hues and with different but equally life threatening reactions to water, quite treacherous. In spite of this danger, after Charlie, a young nobleman with whom Tress has fallen in love, is shipped off to the Midnight Sea that is home to the infamous Sorceress, Tress resolves to sail the seas on a rescue mission. The resulting journey is one full of adventure, peril, and—to Tress’s surprise—friendship and personal growth.
This story is as exciting as it is heartwarming, and Brandon Sanderson lays down some banger figurative language and one-liners throughout the novel.