I thought about putting this one down a few times, but I am glad that I kept reading. The premise was very interesting and I had heard good things, but at the beginning, I just felt no connection to the characters. That changed, and while it took most of a week to read the first 100 pages, it only took 2 to read the next 400.

I will also say that in fantasy and sci fi, I feel silly sometimes when I read dialogue with all the slang and terms and names of jobs and such, but in the Tide Child, it never felt contrived or forced or silly. This book was exceptional. I finished reading it and audibly said aloud - "that was fantastic!"