![]() ![]() The places that it drags are used mostly to clear up some things that happened when the main character, Caro, wasn’t present. There are a few moments where the pacing of Whisper of the Tide falls short. ![]() However, the pacing kept me plowing through this novel at quite a quick pace. Fantasy before, but I have seen pirate or sea adventures before. I think because a riverboat culture was something that I hadn’t seen in Y.A. The smell of salt and the sea breeze is often noted throughout the novel, but I actually preferred the atmosphere in the first book. While the first one predominantly is a river boat adventure, the sequel is on the sea for the majority of the novel. They both have slightly different settings. ![]() Whisper of the Tide is also atmospheric, but not the same atmosphere. The atmosphere is something that I highly praised in Song of the Current. There is a slight romantic element, a bit of magic, but at its heart it is a swashbuckling adventure novel with a quirky biracial heroine. The ending is quite satisfying, though I doubt that any part of this book will go exactly where the reader believes that it will. ![]() This sequel is equally atmospheric, but keeps quite a tight pacing when compared to the first. Whisper of the Tide picks up close to the end of Song of the Current. ![]()
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