![]() Holly Kelly convinced me this world was real: "The Castle of Triton rose in the distance-a colossal fortress with many tall turrets, arched buttresses, and massive windows. I am always in awe of an author who can create this different picture, which leads to my second point, I believed her. A world separate and foreign to what we live and know. First of all, I want to say how difficult it is to paint a new and different world other than human. Holly Kelly created this alternative underwater world, exploring the details from the architecture of the cities, to the life dwelling in the depths of the sea. Vivid, visual, I sunk quickly into the plot and wanted to know why and what did we "humans" do to Xanthus, one of the main characters in the book. She continued to draw me in with her word choice in the sentences and paragraphs that followed. ![]() Holly Kelly wowed me with her first sentence in chapter one: "Xanthus could taste the blood of a human in the sea water." ![]()
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