The Starless Sea

4.5: I loved how the story flowed, like a puzzle, with all of these letters/stories. It can get quite confusing, and I'm not the best at connecting the dots –I try, but I still enjoy not thinking too hard about it and allowing the story to unfold itself. I loved, loved the writing throughout the whole book ;-;

Pros: The short chapters really helped – I just wanted to keep going! The mysteries of the bee, sword, and key continued on, and putting the pieces together was fun, despite being a little confusing at times.

Cons: I think the only downfall, and what I see in reviews, is that there wasn't really a strong antagonist/strong plot. There was a storyline, and I was satisfied, but I felt like it could've used something a little more. Like Allegra's death was so.. sudden and out of the blue. and the idea of the Harbors and the Starless Sea was there, yet there were many unanswered questions. Perhaps it's to allow the reader to imagine and think, creating stories upon the stories provided, and I'm okay with that too.

Enjoyed it, loved it, would love to reread it some day!