GoodReads Monday

This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.

I am so excited for this week’s pick. Dark Water Daughter was one of my favorites from last year. I didn’t read it until January of this year though. It was one of my catch up books from 2023. Which is good, because it is still pretty fresh in my mind. Hopefully I will still feel that way when this one come out in the summer.

Black Tide Son by H.M. Long

The Winter Sea series #2

Publication Date: July 9, 2024

Summary from Goodreads:

Following the events of Dark Water Daughter, Sam and Mary are thriving as privateers on the Winter Seas. As they navigate the complexities of their growing bond, in a world that would see Mary as chattels to be traded, the pair are forging a new, better way to live, under the sails of Hart.

But when their latest capture brings tales of Benedict’s capture by Mereish forces, they must make an impossible choice – to serve their nations, or save Sam’s brother.

Thrust into a mission of intrigue and infiltration, they seek to break into the most secure prison on the Mereish Coast. But as they sail deep into enemy territory they find themselves hunted by a cunning and mysterious new foe. An enemy who seems to know their every secret, and who will kill to keep their own.

As the Black Tide rises, and fleets take to the water, Sam, Mary and Benedict are on a desperate race for survival – both their own, and the free nations of the Winter Seas.

Can’t wait to get back to this magical world of pirates and stormsinger. Hope there are some good sword fights! Do you have this one on your radar as well, or have you read the first one? Let me know in the comments. Until next time…