5/7/2023 0 Comments The abyss surrounds us book 2All that changes when she’s taken captive by pirates and forced to birth and train a black market Reckoner pup for her captors…or face death. The Abyss Surrounds Us (2016): Cassandra Leung, or Cas, has fought pirates her whole life, training genetically engineered beasts called Reckoners to protect seafaring commercial vessels from pirate attacks in the NeoPacific. But like the Tardis, they’re bigger on the inside and a doorway to epic adventures. Don’t be fooled by the size! Coming in at around 280 pages each in paperback, they’re shorter than your average YA tome. To be frank, I’m impressed with how much character work happens in such a small amount of space. Do you like pirates? How about queer pirates? How about female protagonists of color? Sea monsters? Moral ambiguity that doesn’t create false equivalences and actually informs characters personalities and choices? Dynamite, page-turning action? What about slow burn, complicated romances with a healthy dose of fic tropes like bed sharing, enemies to friends to lovers, handcuffed together, matching tattoos, and clothes sharing? Then Emily Skrutskie’s The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss are the books for you!
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