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Well, I see where the so-so consensus comes from lol. This was okay. I loved the Galveston setting, the storm, sunken ship growing mangrove trees. I enjoyed our intro to Ruby and the Christabel crew. Some creepy horror elements with the birds early on. But the witch storyline and lore was unbelievable with too many plot holes. The characters became ridiculous and the witches were weirdly inept. A 4-5⭐️ premise but lacking in execution. 2.5⭐️s

Playing catch-up on November‘s #ARichLife! The October #Harvest moon was a supermoon last month and looked similar to the Beaver supermoon of this week (pictured here over Texas skies). They were both so big and golden! 🌕🤩

The gold matches part of the cover of my current audiobook. This is different but fun so far! Set in the Galveston area during a severe storm, on a sunken ship with a mangrove forest, an infant being hidden and witches!

Although this was scary (and really bloody) once we meet all the characters and the witches, there‘s really much “there-here;” the plot is weak and fairly repetitive. All that said, I finished it, although it‘s not for the faint of heart. The Chistabel, a partially sunken 19th century freighter, consumed by a mangrove forest, is an interesting locus for the action. The baby, at perpetual danger of ritual sacrifice, is a horrifying plot device.

From the description and cover I thought this could go in a number of different directions, but I couldn‘t have guessed where it actually went! It was kind of a strange mix of romance/family drama and supernatural that I really didn‘t love. It wasn‘t bad it just wasn‘t what I particularly wanted out of the story. The narrator was good, though, and if you like sort of witchy/culty books give it a try! 🌟🌟🌟

I‘ve enjoyed Golden‘s books for years, but I only recently discovered he also writes shark thrillers under the name Chris Jameson, so that knowledge combined with the cover had me hoping for some sharky action in this unique setting of a submerged mangrove forest sprouting out of a shipwrecked behemoth. Instead, this one is witchier with some creepy moments & a plot centered around saving an infant. The romance elements fall flat but fun action!