![]() ![]() Given Amora’s largely sheltered upbringing, her hesitance as Visidia’s new ruler is understandable, but at various points, it almost feels as though her character has taken a step backward. ![]() She’s a queen now, after all, not a princess chasing her throne, and that comes with certain new responsibilities and stresses she – and the story – didn’t have before. To be fair, perhaps any attempt to finish Amora’s story was always going to pale slightly in comparison to the novel that began it. ![]() (Of course, she doesn’t tell anyone that last part.) ![]() In reality, she is sending herself and the crew of the Keel Haul on a mission to track down a mysterious magical artifact that Amora is convinced can fix all her problems. Especially not as she sets out on a tour through the islands of her kingdom, ostensibly to find a husband to rule by her side. But she’s also lost her magic, and is suffering under the strain of multiple curses – one, which taints her family’s bond with soul magic, and the other which has split her soul in two, and housed half it in Bastian, the roguish pirate boy she might love.Īnd no one can know the truth. Its sequel, All the Tides of Fate, brings Amora Montara’s story to its conclusion, and its bittersweet ending is a generally satisfying one.Īs the sequel begins, Amora has taken her rightful place as the queen of Visidia. Adalyn Grace’s debut novel, All the Stars and Teeth, was one of the best YA fantasies of 2020, telling the story of a princess desperate to prove herself and the pirate ship on which she sets out on an adventure to do so. ![]()
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