A Dark and Drowning Tide: A Novel
von Allison Saft
A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor’s murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic.Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold power, which the king wants to harness in order to secure his reign over the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is determined to use this opportunity to prove herself and make her wildest, most impossible dream come true: to become a naturalist, able to travel freely to lands she’s only read about.The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leader—Lorelei’s beloved mentor—is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are the five remaining expedition mates, each with their own motive. The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff. Now in charge of the expedition, Lorelei must find the spring before the murderer strikes again—and a coup begins in earnest.But there are other dangers lurking in the dark: forests that rearrange themselves at night, rivers with slumbering dragons hiding beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood.As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work together to uncover the truth—and resist their growing feelings for each other—they discover that their leader had secrets of her own. Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuing, and if this kingdom is worth saving at all.
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A Dark and Drowning Tide: A Novel
von Allison Saft
A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor’s murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic.Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold power, which the king wants to harness in order to secure his reign over the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is determined to use this opportunity to prove herself and make her wildest, most impossible dream come true: to become a naturalist, able to travel freely to lands she’s only read about.The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leader—Lorelei’s beloved mentor—is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are the five remaining expedition mates, each with their own motive. The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff. Now in charge of the expedition, Lorelei must find the spring before the murderer strikes again—and a coup begins in earnest.But there are other dangers lurking in the dark: forests that rearrange themselves at night, rivers with slumbering dragons hiding beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood.As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work together to uncover the truth—and resist their growing feelings for each other—they discover that their leader had secrets of her own. Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuing, and if this kingdom is worth saving at all.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(6)
Rezension von MelTo be honest, I expected more from this book. The characters felt somewhat hollow and often seemed to serve as little more than plot devices. The love story between Sylvia and Lorelei felt rushed. The world-building seemed incomplete, and don’t even get me started on the ending. As a German reader, I also found the names off-putting and funny
Rezension von AnnaI rly loved this book sm. It was very well written and the characters were amazing. I loved every second of it. Thanks Allison Saft for this amazing book
Rezension von Enna 3.5 As a german, I need to say that reading this book was a bit annoying. This book is like german-folklore inspired so all the names, places, literally everything were german words. And well, it was annoying to read this mix of english and german. Also, these words were spoiling the story sometimes. What I mean is that I knew what the words for some places meant while the main characters were still trying to figure out what it was. The main reason why I chose to read this book was the sapphic love story and the dark academia vibe (which is perfect for autumn imo). And it wasn't bad but it also wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The plot wasn't one of the best ones I've ever read and the romance was cute but again: not the best thing I've ever read.
Rezension von EmmaI honestly had higher expectations for this book.
Rezension von majareading this as someone whose first language is german is very funny tbh. but besides the random german words the book was rather boring. it didn’t really give enough context, development or time to care for it’s characters and portraits a weird idea of right or wrong considering the end. the end was either just rushed or did ignore the fact that the leaders effectively suppressed their citizens. especially when sylvia fought against the revolution in albe i was very confused. she is portrait as this ethereal queen that is very much connected to nature and she does feel strongly for the wildeleute and almost fights for their rights. but then she wouldn’t fight for her subjects to be freed from the reign of a tyrant as wilhelm… idk something feels off about this. i really hoped to like this but i really didn’t. i need to stress once more that i didn’t care for a single character. they felt like caricatures of the typical good or bad characters and underdeveloped. i don’t want to be a hater but this was a bit disappointing.