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    The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia
    The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia
    The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia
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    The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia

    Written by Sarah Beth Durst

    Narrated by Khristine Hvam

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    The natural magic of the classic The Island of the Blue Dolphins meets the danger and courage of The Hunger Games in this dazzling, intricate stand-alone fantasy novel set in award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst’s beloved world of Renthia.

    Life is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene. Besieged by a capricious ocean full of malicious spirits, the people of the islands seek joy where they can. Mayara, one of the island’s fearless oyster divers, has found happiness in love. But on the day of her wedding to the artist Kelo, a spirit-driven storm hits the island with deadly force.

    To save her loved ones, Mayara reveals a dangerous secret: she has the power to control the spirits. When the storm ends, she is taken into custody by the queen’s soldiers and imprisoned with other women like her.

    They vary in age and social status, but to many they are heroes who will aide the country or witches that will sacrifice themselves trying. No matter who they are, the women are sent to a terrifying place—an island filled with bloodthirsty nature spirits, and left without food, water, shelter, or any tools except their own instincts and magic. Whoever survives the Island of Testing will be declared heirs to the queen. But no matter if she wins or loses, Mayara knows that the life she dreamed of is gone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 19, 2019
    ISBN9780062897633
    Author

    Sarah Beth Durst

    Sarah Beth Durst is the author of fantasy novels for children, teens, and adults. Winner of the Mythopoeic Award and an ALA Alex Award and thrice nominated for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, she lives in New York. Visit her at sarahbethdurst.com or on Twitter: @sarahbethdurst.

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    • 3/5
      Not quite as good as the main Queens of Renthia series but a very enjoyable spin off. The reason for the 3 stars was there were chunks missing from the audio file. I’d be in the middle of a sentence then suddenly mid sentence in an entirely different chapter but it wasn’t the App skipping forward as the counter was continuous. I lost count how many times this happened... 4 or 5. I even redone loaded the book several times to make sure it wasn’t my download. Thankfully Scribd have the ebook too so I just would read the missing chunk and then continue on, so the story wasn’t affected. I will read more of the authors books and also look out for more books with this Narator. But the technical issues don’t inspire me to extend my free trial though.

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    • 5/5
      Do you ever wish you could find an MC that would make the same decisions as you? Well, here you go. It makes SENSE. I loved it.