![]() ![]() Also, Cas literally talks to him like we all talk to our cats. I’m terrified of her but I also kind of love her? Oh, and then there’s Bao, Cas’ Reckoner pup, who is so adorable and annoying and great. Even the book's villain, Santa Elena, is wonderful to read about. Swift's character is equally as complex and wonderful and also, is kind of the ultimate sapphic dream girl. All the characters feel developed and real, especially for such a short book. She has such a classic antiheroine arc, going from from morally upstanding, mostly, to completely morally ambiguous – but also realizing the dimensionality of the world, and that maybe she was the villain all along. Oh my god, y’all, Cas Leung is the gaysian icon we need in our lives. ![]() Here are five reasons you should read this book. This book is about pirates, and sea monsters, and a really cool antiheroine, and also she falls in love with and kicks ass with a pirate girl who is On The Other Side of The Great Environmental Pirates vs. Which is a travesty, because The Abyss Surrounds Us is one of my personal favorite books ever. So like, I know that I boost my review of this book every day and it’s annoying, but every single time there is someone who says they haven’t read it, or worse yet, have NOT HEARD OF IT. If she keeps that promise she made to me, I’ll show her the truth I’ve learned on her boat. I played my cards, I lay in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. ![]()
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