Beyond the God Sea: Betrothed

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The Emperor-beyond-the-Sea is the Narnian name for God the Father, and Aslan (the Emperor's son) is the Narnian equivalent of Jesus Christ on Earth. In the same way, the Emperor's Deep Magic (comparable to the Law given to Moses on Earth) is completed and fulfilled by the death of his son Aslan (the Narnian version of Christ's crucifixion).

That being said I am so glad I waited it out and continued. This book was truly amazing. It took me by surprise and I actually didn't predict the "truth" and twist of the story before it happened. I was literally reading the last couple chapters of this book on the edge of my seat. There are characters I want to hug and ones I want to STAB WITH A RUSTY SPOON, but I won't leave spoilers behind. Work against the Emperor's Magic?" said Aslan, turning to her with something like a frown on his face. And nobody ever made that suggestion to him again." ―Susan and Aslan [src] Elora is a fantastic story-teller. The voice she gives Zaria is consistent with the first book, and yet we can see her mature, seeing the world around her and still refusing to bend to the status-quo. Usually, there is a tendency for main characters to get a bit boring as series go on, but Elora keeps Zaria interesting - she's feisty and bright and seeing her grapple with a whole other batch of internal conflicts when compared to the first book through snippets of her inner monologues is great.The withholding of information is an annoying recurrence in this book. The conspiracy, Danaire, Tomé, the mother, etc. they all share information then refuse to say more. For it to happen once is fine, but it's constant.

Elora Morgan tells this rollercoaster of a story with the elegant, refined voice of the young Braenese Zaria, encompassing the emotions, desires and confusion that we experience as teens (except perhaps the stakes are a little higher for Zaria). The eloquent yet reasonably simple language of the book made it a pleasure to read - not to mention the extremely well-constructed, loveable (and hateable) characters! I felt desire for my friend: I told my want, my want did end. I felt desire for my foe: I told it not… my want did grow. Meeting Laz, I hated him. I still do. I could see the author subtly writing attraction into his interactions with Zaria which was honestly UNCOMFORTABLE, given how absolutely horrible he was to her. I love a good villian, enemies to lovers kind of story, but to me, Laz was just too mean and I had a hard time believing she could like someone who said/did such horrible things. Don't get me wrong, Laz's character was interesting but I largely found him unforgivable. It will be interesting to see if we learn more about him in book 3. Jul's was nice...but lets agree that nice is a bit boring. Basically, both brothers paled in comparison to Kirwyn. The one thing I didn't like - being left on such a cliffhanger! I want to know what happens next soooo bad, and it's killing me that we'll have to wait to continue this story. Everything tied off well to the first book, but there's still so many unanswered questions (that I won't go into because of spoilers). This was actually pretty fast to read, I was hooked from the beginning. I stayed up to finish this,Betrothed: Beyond the God Sea is a work of fiction in the dystopian, science fiction, and romance sub-genres, and was penned by author Elora Morgan. The work is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains no explicit content. Our protagonist is Zaria, a young woman born into a position of privilege on her island, who is told that she is bound by fate to marry the sea god Keroe in a dangerous ritual. So when a new boy washes up on her island and threatens everything that she and her people believe in, Zaria must re-examine who and what to put her faith in. What results is a thrilling and enveloping start to the God Sea Trilogy. This is a very intriguing story of a young woman about to become the apparent bride to a sea god. Her whole life, she’s been preparing, unable to be touched by males in any way, she has led a very isolated and sheltered life, but she is excited for her destiny with the sea god. Until a mysterious boy washes ashore on her island, and suddenly, everything she’s ever known to be true slowly starts to unravel, even if she doesn’t want to see it. When Zaria’s wedding day finally arrives, she'll become the only islander of her generation permitted to cross into the God Sea. There’s nothing more she could possibly want.

There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) face: he’s either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn’t have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean. Until a curious boy washes up on her palm-fringed paradise and Zaria defies sacred law to hide the unconscious stranger.Everything from the synopsis to the book cover, and even the first 1/2 to 3/4 of the book, gives the impression this is fantasy. It isn't. It's dystopian. And the transition is neither smooth enough nor clever enough to make up for that broken promise. This book... there are no words to describe it other than amazing. I took some time writing my review because I wanted to re-read it and properly absorb everything that happened. Although Aslan was more of an immediate presence to Narnia than the Emperor, he and his father worked in perfect unity. The Emperor was often referred to as "Aslan's great Father, the Emperor-over-the-sea" and other such titles. He was greatly respected by his son and all who honoured the Lion.

Envy of the other girls, Zaria was born for the sea. Nobody questions her fate as the chosen braenese to marry Keroe, God of the Sea -- least of all her.Emotional Breakdown: YES BECAUSE THAT FREAKING CLIFFHANGER AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT IN BOOK TWO!! I AM DYING. While Zaria questions Kirwyn’s survival she is introduced to 2 brothers, Young King Juls and Lazlian. Without giving spoiling too much, they certainly have the very different views of Zaria when she is involved.