Against Dark Tides
Clare Sager
5/5
The second book in the Beneath Black Sails series picks up nearly immediately after where the first ends. Vice is weak, from iron and from betrayal. She has a loud exterior but she's really dealing with a complicated history of abandonment and lapses in trust that recent events have done nothing to help. Now, she's really not sure where to draw the line and how she can return to the person she thinks that she should be.
This was even better than the first, it was all about breaking down and being built back up again. Book relationships can be kind of like houses of cards, you often see them stacked up from that first meeting all the way to their declarations of love and whatever comes after that. But there has to be an event that shakes the foundation, it would be no fun if everything went exactly according to plan especially when you're dealing with people like Knigh and Vice that have such turbulent pasts. There was a lot going on in the plot and in them being pirates but the strength of this novel really came from all the issues that were created after the harsh conclusion of the first book. Also a side note I just really need them to commit to being pirates together- like fully committed because every time they fight together you can just tell they're destined to be a less than law-abiding unit.
I think that this book has a lot of comical one-liners but it's a lot deeper than you would assume that it would be. It has a lot of messages on like emotional boundaries, trauma and trust that ring a lot clearer than you might expect from a magic pirate romance novel. I think that it's just beautifully done and such a dynamic read. It's perfect for fans of fantasy romance, especially those who want a book that wins on both the plot and the characters.
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