Beyond the God Sea: Betrothed

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There is an over-abundance of sea-related similes and the frequent repetition of "a fish flopped in my gut." There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) face: He’s either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn’t have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean.

When Zaria’s wedding day finally arrives, she'll become the only islander of her generation permitted to cross into the God Sea. There’s nothing more she could possibly want.There have been countless meals since your arrival, little queen. Don’t you think I could have gotten my hands on one of them by now?”

Side note: I also love that one of the love interests is described as not being conventionally attractive, and yet he's alluring anyway. In Lida's words, he's "ugly-hot". Work against the Emperor's Magic?" said Aslan, turning to her with something like a frown on his face. And nobody ever made that suggestion to him again." ―Susan and Aslan [src] Broadly, the Beyond the God Sea trilogy matures along with the protagonist. Book I is Young YA. Book II is Dark/Mature YA better suited to older teen readers. Book III is New Adult. There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) he’s either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn’t have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean.

Book Review

While Zaria questions Kirwyn’s survival she is introduced to 2 brothers, Young King Juls and Lazlian. Without giving spoiling too much, they certainly have the very different views of Zaria when she is involved. Idk. I feel this way because there's this other book I'm reading (not by this author) in which the main character is basically perfect, can't do anything wrong, everyone is constantly in awe of her, and it's just...weird. I can't get into it. So this series is so refreshing. I want to read about characters who have serious faults but grow from them, and this series delivers. The accompanying tug to one side of his mouth, pulling his lips into a crooked line, sent chills down my spine.

Until a curious boy washes up on her palm-fringed paradise and Zaria defies sacred law to hide the unconscious stranger. Emotional Breakdown: YES BECAUSE THAT FREAKING CLIFFHANGER AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT IN BOOK TWO!! I AM DYING.

In the first book of Beyond the God Sea: Betrothed, we see Zaria preparing for her month-long ceremony to marry Keroe, the God of the sea. Her world is turned upside down when a boy washes up on shore claiming to know more about what the land that lays past the sea, if there is such a thing. As the story progresses, Zaria becomes more and more interested in what happens after she is sent into the sea for Keroe and in Kirwyn the boy trying to convince her not to marry him.