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Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning- Review

Alia sells her voice to the sea witch hidden away from the underwater kingdom to find her true love and twin sister, Runa, sells herself to the sea witch to save Alia. The 4 days Alia and Runa have to find love and save a sister become entrenched with witchcraft, a wedding, and war.

“I was young enough to think that the opinions of one boy didn’t matter against a sea of opposition.”

Sarah Henning, Sea Witch Rising

❗️Spoilers below

A cute sequel to Sea Witch, this definitely had a lot more action from the jump than Sea Witch. But surprisingly, I thought that I had enjoyed its predecessor more. I couldn’t have imagined a different ending, but I felt that it took a lot longer than necessary to get to the Sea King’s demise.

I kind of wanted Henning to write what would happen if a war did happen; if the Sea King got all of his citizens to start a war on land, what would that have looked like? Would he have taken Evie’s power to give everyone the ability to go above the water (in addition to his soldiers)? Would he have taken Evie’s magic or forced her to use it?

War doesn’t know its bounds – neutrality isn’t a shield. It’s simply a statement that can be easy to ignore.

Sarah Henning, Sea Witch Rising

But I’m also curious in general, what is Runa’s life going to look like on land? Maybe there will be a third book that will focus on Runa’s landlocked life and Evie’s reign as queen.

Read on.