Post Twilight, there was a period in which it seemed like every YA I picked up had a love triangle. I don’t object to love triangles on principle – I’ve read some wonderful stories that use love triangles to devastating effect. First of all, the positive: there is no love triangle. This book dodges one overused YA trope but abuses another. The pirates have their own Reckoner pup (basically a giant and ferocious sea turtle) and they want Cas to train it for them. She’s supposed to take a suicide pill, but she puts it off for too long and is forced to stay alive. On her first trip as a solo trainer, Cas’s Reckoner is killed and she is captured by pirates. Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Leung comes from a family who trains Reckoners, genetically engineered animals who protect ships at sea. The Abyss Surrounds Us is a science fiction YA in which Earth’s political and geographical boundaries have been altered by flooding. Genre: LGBTQIA, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young AdultĪlert! Red Alert! We have a f/f science fiction book with strong romantic elements featuring an Asian-Northern American heroine who trains genetically-engineered sea monsters to attack ships and who is forced to work for pirates! This is not a drill! Catnip ahoy!
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