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A review by romancingthereader
Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I think I’ve figured out why Katee Roberts books aren’t hitting right anymore for me - and it’s because they’re not fully fleshed out.
📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Crimson Sails series. Book 1.
📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: Paperback. B&N exclusive edition.
📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Fantasy romance
📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Enemies-to-lovers, instalove, pirates
📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Evelyn is escaping an ex when she falls through a magical portal and into the Threshold, where she’s captured by pirates and the mysterious pirate captain, Bowen.
🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I’m so bummed about this book. Honestly - this is for the same reason I stopped reading The Dark Olympus series by Katee Roberts as well. She’s got this great brain and incredible ideas and concepts, and she follows through on them to about 75%.
Hunt on Dark Water was about 300 pages - and if it was maybe 400, it’d be a five star read for me. Katee Robert missed even the most standard world-building. She barely developed her characters. And she has written a book that is only really going to resonate with elite-level fantasy readers, because it’s hard to understand.
Which sucks. Pirates? A modern witch? Cool powers and monsters and stuff? I’d be ALL IN. But the attention to detail wasn’t there, and I’m just so upset about it.
🪄 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝗲: Hard. Katee Robert barely describes powers or their impacts. She doesn’t hold your hand with monsters.
𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3/5 🌶🌶🌶
📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Crimson Sails series. Book 1.
📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: Paperback. B&N exclusive edition.
📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Fantasy romance
📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Enemies-to-lovers, instalove, pirates
📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Evelyn is escaping an ex when she falls through a magical portal and into the Threshold, where she’s captured by pirates and the mysterious pirate captain, Bowen.
🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I’m so bummed about this book. Honestly - this is for the same reason I stopped reading The Dark Olympus series by Katee Roberts as well. She’s got this great brain and incredible ideas and concepts, and she follows through on them to about 75%.
Hunt on Dark Water was about 300 pages - and if it was maybe 400, it’d be a five star read for me. Katee Robert missed even the most standard world-building. She barely developed her characters. And she has written a book that is only really going to resonate with elite-level fantasy readers, because it’s hard to understand.
Which sucks. Pirates? A modern witch? Cool powers and monsters and stuff? I’d be ALL IN. But the attention to detail wasn’t there, and I’m just so upset about it.
🪄 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝗲: Hard. Katee Robert barely describes powers or their impacts. She doesn’t hold your hand with monsters.
𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3/5 🌶🌶🌶