She blames herself for their deaths because she gave Lir a split-second chance four years ago. Everything that happens between when they take Oran on board and when they close in on the conscription ship is essentially replaceable.Īdditionally, Caledonia wants revenge on the Bullet boy, Lir, who distracted her four years ago when her family was slaughtered. There’s very little emotional impact or impact on the end goal in their travels. Okay, I mean, they go places and such, but very little happens at those places. C) Having the girls risk everything for something they can live without and have lived without means the stakes just aren’t very dire. B) We never knew either brother well enough before their “death” to wish for them back the way the girls do. A) The high point of the book is the all-girl angle. The boys are a poor motivation, both from a reader and plot standpoint. Even though the other 51 girls on the ship gain nothing from it, they agree to dedicate all their efforts and resources into rescuing Donnally and Ares, who are stationed (as they’re Bullets now) on a specialized conscription ship. There’s a lot of arguing in these scenes, and usually, at some point, Caledonia stares at Oran for much too long and thinks something deep and meaningful about him, then hates herself for it.Īs a bargaining chip, Oran offers information about their brothers, Ares and Donnally, who the girls believe were killed on a Bullet raid on their original ship, Ghost, where they lived with their families four years earlier. Oran is the source of discord between them: Pisces believes Oran is different and deserves a chance, while Caledonia holds firm on her no-boys-allowed rule. Caledonia brings the Bullet boy, Oran, who saved her friend, Pisces, onboard her ship at Pieces’ insistence. Seafire was rather disappointing, all in all. To top it off, although marketed as a book about girls and sisterhood, the plot and every motivation has male characters at its center. – While the events are kinda interesting, the plot itself is weakĭespite strong concepts in terms of characters and plot, plus the backing of some lovely prose, Seafire is, unfortunately, missing the things most people read books for: plot, worldbuilding and exploring a new world, character arcs and relationships. Genre-typical descriptions of blood and violence, death, drug addiction and withdrawal. Published by Penguin Random House / Razorbill Imprint Despite strong concepts in terms of characters and plot, plus the backing of some lovely prose, Seafire is, unfortunately, missing the things most people read books for.
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