On These Wicked Shores

Spoiler-Free Review:

Okay, The last few chapters of this book were wild! First, I'd like to thank Katherine Quinn for an ARC of this book! This book follows the events of book 1 in The Azantian Trilogy, The Girl Who Belonged to the Sea, which I read and reviewed last year. This book picks up where book 1 left off following Bash and Margrete. It is mostly dual POV, but we do get a little sprinkling of other POVs here and there and I enjoyed that. Right off the bat, I could tell that Bash and Margrete were going to have some communication issues. There were so many events in the book where if they'd just talked to each other, they would have resolved. However, would we have all the twists and turns and things to drive the plot if they were resolved? No we wouldn't. There is an element of mystery with Bash that kept me turning pages so I could solve it. Katherine Quinn definitely foreshadows that he has a mysterious past and that it eventually will come to a head. There is a trial sequence which was fun to read, and I felt the trials were unique. The ending was wild and unexpected and honestly, has me wishing book 3 was out now. There is some spice and it was well written. The plot has definitely thickened, and I can't wait to see where this story goes. Release for this book is set for May 31, so keep your eyes open on Katherine Quinn's page for more information on preorders. This is an adult fantasy, 18+ for sexual content.