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There are books out there that are so creepy/strange that they drive some readers away and draw in others who want to bask in its strange beauty. When the Sea is Rising Red is one of those books and I am one of the readers happily basking in it. The novel may have its issues with pacing and clarity, . This is no paranormal love story, people. Ignore that jacket copy!

Felicita isn't the best person--she's rather spoiled and prejudiced and sometimes childlike--but I loved to read about her and her three-dimensional personality was appreciated in all its strengths and flaws. Her narrative voice is often understated and sometimes poetic. The class warfare going on, gaining strength over the course of the novel,is well-developed. Both sides are right and wrong at the same time, shades of gray in a dreary, miserable world that Hellisen's prose brings to life. The romances are no passionate affairs with declarations of love flying around; One of them is... I don't even know what Felicita's relationship with Dash is based in, but what she develops with Jannik evolves mostly out of mutual needs being together would meet.

Hellisen's world of Lammers, Hobs, boggerts, and scriv-magic are never really explained; they simply are, and whether or not you can just go with it is the detail that will make or break a novel for a reader. Such sink-or-swim worldbuilding approaches often lead to some confusion on my part and I admit, I still don't understand everything that happened. If the novel had been a little more clear, that would have been great, but that didn't keep me from enjoying this unusual world and all its imperfect inhabitants.

While I ended up reading roughly seventy-five percent of the book in one day, it is not well-paced. After Felicita's quiet escape from her prison-like home and induction into Dash's house of misfits, the plot becomes thin and ambles around. Despite how much of the novel I read in one day, I regularly stopped reading, drifted off to do something else, and then came back to it. Not quite as impressive as sitting down and reading it all at once, is it?

And I suppose one more disappointing element is that while a minor theme of the novel is Felicita (and Ilven in a way, since her suicide appears to be motivated by her desire to escape an arranged marriage) escaping the power men have over her, she still ends up being controlled by a man. Almost every measure of freedom she receives from the beginning of the novel to the end is given to her with the help of a man. Even when she thinks she has finally escaped the power of men, she really hasn't, and that just makes me sad.

I can happily recommend this novel for all the other readers out there who like strange books, but whether or not one should read the prequel story Mother, Crone, Maiden (which stars Ilven, who kills herself early in the novel for reasons the prequel story reveals) with it is debatable. It left a bad taste in my mouth regarding Ilven and negatively affected my experience with the novel I wish I'd never read the prequel.


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When the Sea is Rising Red Cat Hellisen Books Reviews

Felicita certainly grew up in this haunting and stunning story! From the naive young girl who couldn't face the life chosen for her, she endured a wake up call we all really need - hopefully less painfully. Just fabulous!
It has been a very long time since a book has enthralled me as this one did. I loved this story's dark fantasy world that was at once vivid and surreal. The writing transported me to Pelim so that I could feel the cold fingers of mist and smell the fishy miasma over the docks. This book also provided a much needed fresh and unique approach to vampires and vampire society. The melding together of so many different folklores made this a stand-out read for me and one to which I plan to return.

The characters were quite easily the best part - a motley and wonderfully diverse cast that made me smile and cry as they endured various trials and tribulations. The casual attitude towards sexuality in this book is also something I loved and elevated this already excellent story head and shoulders above many others.

In short, I cannot recommend this book enough to those looking for a mature and intelligent YA read that is delightfully dark and unapologetic about its themes.
This book is so weird. Fortunately, I like weird. Having said that, When the Sea is Rising Red is not for everybody. and I meant that. I'm impressed with Hellisen because she is not afraid to tell a story that is a whole new level of different. So, the questions is Are you bold enough to read this?

Felicita was stunned when her best friend Ilven committed suicide. When she realized she's facing the same situation that made Ilven jumped, she ran away after faking her own death. Living in the slums was a far cry from her High-Lammer life and Felicita almost succumbed to going back after every hardship. But she carried on, not knowing that she got caught in the uprising being brewed in Old Town.

I'm a little confused on the legends of sea-witches and boggerts, but i get the gist and it was fun. It reminded me of a folklore here in the Philippines about a body of water (say a river, or ocean) where people drowned. They say that the spirit or entity residing in that particular river/ocean requires a sacrifice every now and then in exchange for a bountiful catch. Quite scary, yes? It is similar with Hellisen's sea-witch. The Hobs and Low-Lammers are really scared of the sea-witch stories even when High-Lammers like Felicita doesn't believe in it.

The love triangle was actually not a love triangle per se, but it did involve Felicita, Dash, and Jannik, not in the way I expected. And this is my first encounter with weird. Ha! This book almost felt like a mystery/suspense because I keep solving and connecting the links! I guessed right, on how it gone down between the three, but it still was weird to me. Yeah, let's leave it at that, shall we? Like i said, I like weird. But hey, if indeed it was a love triangle, I'm all for Jannik.

The fantasy element was quite good, especially Lil`s magic. I really liked that concept. If this was a series, I would continue reading after this one.

I think I need to read this again. Once is not enough to fully capture and enjoy the rare story that Hellisen delivered. When the Sea is Rising Red is something that will tickle your dark imagination.
Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.

There are books out there that are so creepy/strange that they drive some readers away and draw in others who want to bask in its strange beauty. When the Sea is Rising Red is one of those books and I am one of the readers happily basking in it. The novel may have its issues with pacing and clarity, . This is no paranormal love story, people. Ignore that jacket copy!

Felicita isn't the best person--she's rather spoiled and prejudiced and sometimes childlike--but I loved to read about her and her three-dimensional personality was appreciated in all its strengths and flaws. Her narrative voice is often understated and sometimes poetic. The class warfare going on, gaining strength over the course of the novel,is well-developed. Both sides are right and wrong at the same time, shades of gray in a dreary, miserable world that Hellisen's prose brings to life. The romances are no passionate affairs with declarations of love flying around; One of them is... I don't even know what Felicita's relationship with Dash is based in, but what she develops with Jannik evolves mostly out of mutual needs being together would meet.

Hellisen's world of Lammers, Hobs, boggerts, and scriv-magic are never really explained; they simply are, and whether or not you can just go with it is the detail that will make or break a novel for a reader. Such sink-or-swim worldbuilding approaches often lead to some confusion on my part and I admit, I still don't understand everything that happened. If the novel had been a little more clear, that would have been great, but that didn't keep me from enjoying this unusual world and all its imperfect inhabitants.

While I ended up reading roughly seventy-five percent of the book in one day, it is not well-paced. After Felicita's quiet escape from her prison-like home and induction into Dash's house of misfits, the plot becomes thin and ambles around. Despite how much of the novel I read in one day, I regularly stopped reading, drifted off to do something else, and then came back to it. Not quite as impressive as sitting down and reading it all at once, is it?

And I suppose one more disappointing element is that while a minor theme of the novel is Felicita (and Ilven in a way, since her suicide appears to be motivated by her desire to escape an arranged marriage) escaping the power men have over her, she still ends up being controlled by a man. Almost every measure of freedom she receives from the beginning of the novel to the end is given to her with the help of a man. Even when she thinks she has finally escaped the power of men, she really hasn't, and that just makes me sad.

I can happily recommend this novel for all the other readers out there who like strange books, but whether or not one should read the prequel story Mother, Crone, Maiden (which stars Ilven, who kills herself early in the novel for reasons the prequel story reveals) with it is debatable. It left a bad taste in my mouth regarding Ilven and negatively affected my experience with the novel I wish I'd never read the prequel.