These Rebel Waves (Stream Raiders #1)

loved this book. flew right through the whole thing!!! im reading the 2nd one now!!!

This book had a lot going on in it. Alot of action, a bit of romance, family dynamics that have your head spin, illness that has your jaw drop when you find out what causes this illness and unusual alliances. Ben’s dad is whacked. Totally and completely whacked. The dude believes too much in himself and doesn’t care how he goes about achieving his goals for his church and country. He is power hungry. lt’s scary the lengths he goes to for things it was just wow. You wonder how Ben can be related to him because he is more thoughtful and mindful of things. I love how he is with people and how he genuinely cares. He is the best character to me. Ben shows the most growth and so glad he is considered a heretic to his crown. He is too good to be with his dad on things. Lu I waffled on. she was high and mighty on some things. She looked down and judged people and yet she didn’t want others doing that to her and she was blind to the systems around her. I did feel for her though. She was used alot in that first war and it has resulted in her not being as trusting and kind as she could be. Devereux was interesting but you kind of expected him to be the sarcastic one. He had walls up that were there for good reason but he did need to see beyond those if he was going to get somewhere other than prison. I loved how jaded he was though. It made for some fun moments. Him and Lu were funny together. They bashed heads more often than not. The plot needed more fleshing as did the world building. We had too much going on to really know the plot as a whole. It was the kidnapping of a diplomat but we also had Ben’s task on the reversal of the fear of magic, the unraveling of Lu’s beliefs in her country’s system, the secrets so many held, watching Ben being part of the game for his dad, Lu and Devereux’s relationship and their survival but also all that they find out. So much going on that you sometimes don’t know what is what. The world building wasn’t really all there. We were told about factions and islands but not much else. We know about the war but why did this war create such a divide. We don’t really get a background so we can have a feel some of the animosity and anger. Overall the book is good. I am eager to see how Ben fares in all this and if he will be able to love freely who he does. I hate seeing his eyes open and all the betrayal and how he is feeling like he is a pawn because he is a good guy. I loved the story of Ben and what he was doing. That had me smile because he was so unlike his dad. I liked that this was in third person because it would have been way to confusing to follow if it wasn’t. I nice beginning to the series.

I listen to my audio books on 1.25 speed, and I still found this narration too slow. I really didn’t like her tone or inflection or characters, so it took me a bit to get into. Once I got past her tho, I loved the book and plot overall.

This is my first time reading this authors books and I have to say it was really good. She did a great job writing this book and the narrator did a excellent job as well.

it\’s hard to find a great teen fantasy book that isn\’t annoying and predictable, but this book is neither of those things!! I cannot wait for book two.

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