Book Review: Survivors of the Rising Sea
Survivors of the Rising Sea by Nicole Adrienne
4 stars
Category: New Adult
Note: $0.99 cents on Amazon. Novella-length
Summary: In a world that has been completely submerged under rising seas, Margot is a Collector for the Viking Empire. She sails to small islands with her boyfriend Aro to collect algae, while he chops down trees. During one mission, a storm arises, and Margot is swept overboard, and is rescued by the enemy, an Avaa ship, manned by friendly, red-headed Avaa pirate captain Kiona who shows Margot everything that the anti-technological Vikings had been keeping from her.
Comments: This is definitely a pro-women piece as Margot realizes she doesn’t need Aro and finds herself attracted to Kiona and everything that she promises, and all of the main pirates in this story are women. It is wonderful seeing the women take charge in the fighting scenes and there was plenty of action and exploration of this submerged world. Where I wasn’t really buying it was Aro and Margot’s relationship. They barely talked to each other, they certainly didn’t touch each other, I thought there might be something tentative between them in the beginning, so it threw me for a loop when somewhere near halfway, Margo mentions Aro is her boyfriend. There certainly wasn’t anything to suggest a deep tie between them earlier in the book, so I wasn’t really feeling the issues when problems arise with their relationship further into the book since they didn’t seem to really care for each other. The technology in this world really isn’t Victorian steampunk, nor is it Viking technology (I actually wasn’t seeing much sign of Viking culture in it aside from mentioning the Norse gods every so often). It’s modern technology, complete with elevators and all of the people in this report to corporate bosses, even the pirates have bosses in a larger organization.
4 stars
Category: New Adult
Note: $0.99 cents on Amazon. Novella-length
Summary: In a world that has been completely submerged under rising seas, Margot is a Collector for the Viking Empire. She sails to small islands with her boyfriend Aro to collect algae, while he chops down trees. During one mission, a storm arises, and Margot is swept overboard, and is rescued by the enemy, an Avaa ship, manned by friendly, red-headed Avaa pirate captain Kiona who shows Margot everything that the anti-technological Vikings had been keeping from her.
Comments: This is definitely a pro-women piece as Margot realizes she doesn’t need Aro and finds herself attracted to Kiona and everything that she promises, and all of the main pirates in this story are women. It is wonderful seeing the women take charge in the fighting scenes and there was plenty of action and exploration of this submerged world. Where I wasn’t really buying it was Aro and Margot’s relationship. They barely talked to each other, they certainly didn’t touch each other, I thought there might be something tentative between them in the beginning, so it threw me for a loop when somewhere near halfway, Margo mentions Aro is her boyfriend. There certainly wasn’t anything to suggest a deep tie between them earlier in the book, so I wasn’t really feeling the issues when problems arise with their relationship further into the book since they didn’t seem to really care for each other. The technology in this world really isn’t Victorian steampunk, nor is it Viking technology (I actually wasn’t seeing much sign of Viking culture in it aside from mentioning the Norse gods every so often). It’s modern technology, complete with elevators and all of the people in this report to corporate bosses, even the pirates have bosses in a larger organization.