Gods of the Sea Review



Reading DeWitt’s books has made me realize that I don’t dislike reading romance–I dislike romance only stories. I like action + romance. I need a plot besides the romance in order to enjoy the story. And her books provide just that. In Gods of the Sea, we get a captivating storyteller who happens to have plans of his own, a wayward navy soldier who’s fascinated with the supernatural, a pirate captain who struggles with his own morality, and a duty-bound enigma who has seen deep darkness.  I’m in it for the romance, but I get a cool fantasy story full of mythical adventures and roguish pirates, too. One of the aspects I loved about this story is how each of the four men each portray a different facet of what love is through their respective journeys, as well as what’s healthy and what’s not with the concepts of true feelings vs obsession. I also highly appreciated Esmeralda. She’s strong, in both her character and her personality, but yet she shows her emotions and is willing to be vulnerable with others. She’s not afraid to rely on them when she struggles, and she stands up for what she knows to be right. Her journey reminds us that we search for truth and for goodness and for love and that that search is not in vain. On an unrelated note, the side characters Vito and Hugo cracked me up. Their banter was the best, and I found myself laughing several times.


“Never forget the magic of everyday life, Esmeralda…it’s the weapon we use against everyday darkness.” 


The philosophical exploration of love is part of what drew me in. It wasn’t just girl meets boy, they chase their feelings around, and have a typical happy ending. The characters had to come to terms with their own lives first before they could properly enter a relationship (which you get to choose which one you want, but of course I had to read them all). What I think was done excellently was the choose your ending style. Each of the options has the groundwork laid in such a way that choosing each one is plausible, yet its written in such a way that you could take it as nothing more than friendship and feelings of goodwill so that it doesn’t feel like the female lead is stuck in the middle of a bunch of men fawning over her like a love triangle on steroids.


“What good is an opportunity when you have no character to sustain it?”


Additionally, the ties to faith in the book were well done. It shows that a book can be inspired by one’s faith and contain elements while having a storyline that is well-done, which I think is lacking in a lot of Christian fiction. In fact, it enhanced the story by adding more depth to each of the characters and their respective struggles with good and evil. This book satisfied my needs for action, fantasy, and philosophy all rolled into one. I struggled to put down the story because I needed to know what happened next, and there was never a dull or unnecessary moment.


I received this book in exchange for an honest review.


Rating: 5/5



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