Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst

I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I was first drawn to Sarah Beth Durst when I saw her book The Spellshop in a Barnes and Noble with those delightful purple sprayed edges! ( I absolutely despise deckled edges, and have refused to read books because they made the reading experience unbearable, but I really do enjoy the current trend of sprayed edges.) I was intrigued by the Spellshop’s description, bought the book for my wife, and ended up reading it before she did! It was light and fun and enjoyable, and the follow-up, The Enchanted Greenhouse, was equally delightful! So when I saw another book in the same world by the same author I immediately requested it from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

This book follows up on one of the side characters from the last book - the mysterious sea captain who takes on one of the talking plants as an apprentice. What’s her deal, I idly wondered as I read the Enchanted Greenhouse. This book answered that question, as well as fill in a lot of the world building that has been hinted at or dealt with tangentially in the other two books.

After reading this book, I’m beginning to think that I like romantasy. I enjoyed this a lot.