![]() The book continuously *tries* to tell us that the Bullets are human too and blah blah blah, but Cala’s stupidity and eagerness to kill all Bullets when Hime was one (a Scythe, specifically? Not sure if they differentiate Bullets from Scythes) is frustrating because it’s very obvious her and Pisces brothers would have become Bullets. I will actually say the way Parker includes diversity in terms of skin color and race is refreshing, because there’s no stereotypical description of any WOC and it all feels natural that they are included in the world. And oh my, I love a girl that is proactive and honorable like this. Amina is the ship’s engineer and leader of their rifle squad and actually volunteered to join the crew because she wanted to bring justice to the evil overlord. She is an (presumably Asian) recovering addict, mute, and an ex-soldier of Aldric Althairs. I originally laughed at Little Lovely Hime being her name, but she has a good enough backstory and concept that I can look past it, plus the reasoning for her nickname is pretty endearing. Hime and Amina were the stand out characters. If sisterhood is survival, Cala would’ve gotten them all killed multiple times - oh wait she did. This is one of the rare times I will say that a multiple POV story would be more necessary in order to make the book effective in conveying its message. I actually missed both deaths when they happened. The character deaths aren’t very poignant. The character concepts are great, however in practice, many of the girls just felt like names on the page. Including the fact that Oran, the Bullet boy Cala and company capture, becomes he love interest 2/3 through the book - just for funsies because this *totally* needed a romance, ammiright? The last third of the book picks up compared to the beginning, but the whole end conflict and tragedy could have been avoided if Pisces told Cala to get a grip before the final battle - overall there was some poor oversight in the planning of this novel. Since the main draw of Seafire is the girls in Cala’s crew, the author should consider focusing more on their stories and propelling the external plot forward with how awesome the main cast Can be. This book is unbalanced with its action scenes like Truthwitch is. There is only one instance where the story does do this, and is able to insert good character moments and have the reader take a break to process what is going on. ![]() ![]() Speaking of action, the book rarely gives the reader room to breathe between action scenes. Even though some of the writing is very reflective, it doesn’t carry much weight. The prose is ok but the action reads just like the slow, contemplative moments. This is more Oceans 8 x Fury Road rather than Wonderwoman x Fury Road. Well this certainly confirmed my thought that the WOC on this crew pull their weight meanwhile Caledonia constantly messes up that she throws herself off the boat instead of her crew doing it themselves.
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