The Abyss Surrounds Us

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Pub Date Feb 08 2016 | Archive Date Feb 01 2016
Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA

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For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the giant, genetically engineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirate-infested NeoPacific. But when the pirate queen Santa Elena swoops in on Cas’s first solo mission and snatches her from the bloodstained decks, Cas’s dream of being a full-time trainer seems dead in the water. Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatched Reckoner pup. Santa Elena wants to take back the seas with a monster of her own, and she needs a proper trainer to do it. She orders Cas to raise the pup and teach him to fight for the pirates. If Cas fails, her blood will be the next to paint the sea.

For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the giant, genetically engineered beasts to...

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My only complaints?? This wasn't longer, only took me around 4 hours to finish, and left me an empty husk at 1 in the morning.

When, just 25 pages in, you cry a little, you know it's going to be a great book, right?

A lovable/monstrous narrator, lovable/monstrous lady pirates, lovable/monstrous.....sea monsters. Everyone and everything here is written with moral complexity and ambiguity. The world-building is pretty great, doesn't drag you down, and makes you want to ask a few more questions about some things (just how creepy ARE simioid Reckoners?)

Something I was particularly impressed with was the acknowledgment and treatment of unbalanced power dynamics within relationships. I'm trying to flail without spoilers but *Reckoner-esque shriek* some of my favorite relationship tropes were also here.

ANYWAYS, FANTASTIC DEBUT. Action, squealy bits, giant beasties, a nuanced cast of characters. Get on board.

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