Queens of the Sea

As stated in my review of the second book, the development of the characters, especially the younger, is a joy to experience. Ivy and Willow are so utterly annoying and yet so believable in what drives them. The Ivy of the first book needed a good kick, but by the second you actually wish someone was on her side to guide her better, because she's making such a hash of things when left to her own devices. Could we, by the end of this book, actually care for her as much as Ash and Rose? We can only read to find out...What's truly masterful is how Wilkins brings the threads of the plot together so cleverly to have all sisters returning to the same place, at the same time. It takes a huge amount of work to make this fit, believable, and necessary, and I love it. What's also impressive is how it's hard to figure out which character is the most interesting. Bluebell should be the easy answer and I love her dearly, but Rowan is... wow. I especially love her interactions with her aunts, how sassy she is, and what she gets away with.Kim Wilkins is a marvel at setting up such an engaging world, plot, and beyond all else, characters. This series is right up there in my top five series of all time, and probably always will be. I would love for there to be more in this world, but this series is a trilogy and it's done SO well.

Just finished the series and now I don’t know what to do - about to go search for more books by Kim Wilkins.

Got so lost in this series, even dreamt about it!! This author really has the art of keeping you enthralled!!