Beyond the God Sea: Betrothed

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The book is beautifully written in a way that ensnares the senses and makes it difficult to put down. Broadly, the Beyond the God Sea trilogy matures along with the protagonist. Book I is Young YA. Book II is Dark/Mature YA better suited to older teen readers. Book III is New Adult. The Emperor is mentioned in five of the seven novels, missing only in The Silver Chair and, notably, The Magician's Nephew, but he does not appear in any of them.

There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) face: he’s either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn’t have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean. There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) he’s either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn’t have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean.

Oh, Aslan! Can't we - I mean, you won't, will you? Can't we do something about the Deep Magic? Isn't there something you can work against it?" Betrothed: Beyond the God Sea is a work of fiction in the dystopian, science fiction, and romance sub-genres, and was penned by author Elora Morgan. The work is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains no explicit content. Our protagonist is Zaria, a young woman born into a position of privilege on her island, who is told that she is bound by fate to marry the sea god Keroe in a dangerous ritual. So when a new boy washes up on her island and threatens everything that she and her people believe in, Zaria must re-examine who and what to put her faith in. What results is a thrilling and enveloping start to the God Sea Trilogy.

So the beginning of this book did start a little slow and questionable for me as I don't usually read books without spice. But, I saw it so much on Tiktok I was horribly curious to read this one just to get to the second. Envy of the other girls, Zaria was born for the sea. Nobody questions her fate as the chosen braenese to marry Keroe, God of the Sea - least of all her. Somehow Elora Morgan was able to create a sequel I loved even more than the first. From start to finish, I was completely intrigued by the plot and the new characters that we meet in this book, Juls and Laz especially. I found every detail help paint a vivid picture of this dystopian world that seems so fantastical at times, especially seeing everything through Zaria’s point of view. We didn’t get to see much of the world outside Elowa in book one, and i think she does a great job of world building and bringing the new world to life in book two. Everyone who's giving a bad review seems to be attributing their poor opinion of the book to the fact that the main character, Zaria, is naive throughout this novel. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The history and world-building that Elora Morgan wrote for The Island and beyond created such an interesting society that I wanted to dive right into and know all the secrets of! I love reading about strong willed female main characters and Zaria was exactly what I needed her to be. She was loyal, stubborn and inquisitive which, put together, gave us someone very interesting to experience this book through. As her wedding came ever closer I could really feel her trepidation and emotions through the writing. This was a book I could not put down.Just because someone wants what you want, doesn’t make them your ally. Just because they don’t, doesn’t make them your enemy.”