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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

T.J. Klune

Start date: July 16, 2021

Finish date: August 16, 2021

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Apr 25, 2021 Haze rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-books-read

This was a wonderful book to read. It reminded me so much of carefree days when I was younger reading about adventures and found family. It was whimsical, magical, and hilarious, and I loved all the characters - the children were delightful, but so were the adults.

At the same time, it was an important commentary on bigotry and hate for no reason other than the other person is different from us. Also, standing up and fighting for the things you believe in, and against hate and intolerance.

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Apr 14, 2022 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, challenges, everand, physical-book, buddy-reads, 2022, own, 5-stars

I had the best reading experience reading while listening to the audiobook of The House in the Cerulean Sea. It is my second T.J. Klune, but it won't be the last one. The story is a magical escapist story filled with whimsy and enchantment.
I loved it in the volume that he built the plot step by step, where he had to be honest to the utmost and not afraid to tell the truth to our eyes, and at the same time, he was light and heartwarming all the way. Not only did the characters make it special.
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Feb 21, 2022 Karen D rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, magical-realism, totally-predictable, lgbt, eccentric-characters, magic

Just about everyone read this last year, but I finally got my hands on a copy from my library. To me, it was cheesy, sweet, funny, quirky, heartwarming, relatable, and incredibly predictable. I did like it better than Under the Whispering Door because the character progression felt more natural, but it was basically the same setup.

It has great messages about acceptance, diversity, found family, and home. But these messages are not subtle in the least, you have no choice but to get these!

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Sep 19, 2021 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbt-secondary-characters, angels-devils-and-gods, fiction, format-audible, lgbt-main-characters, magical-or-super-powers, favorites, lgbt, young-adult, fantasy

Fall 2021 (September);
~ Sarah's Book Club

Two warnings from the beginning of this book. One: if you start it and you aren't sure how everyone is crowing it is magic, make sure you make it chapters four-five, and the children, before you consider DNFing. Two: This book will worm its way right into your heart and it will never move out.

I loved this book so much. I loved Arthur, Zoe, and every one of the children. Linus, of course, grew on me as he grew as a character, which I think very much is w ...more

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Jan 16, 2023 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booksthatmakemegowow, paranormal, listened-to, nook, audible, fantasy, 2023

Every once in a while a book affects me more than I think it will when I start it. I am so pleased that I added it to my Audible library and was in just the right mood to listen to it.
The narrator, Daniel Henning, is perfect. He brought so much to each character, warmth, anger, irritation, love, humor.
I think the best review I read and is very much how I feel about the book is by Rick Riordan here on Goodreads.
The book is more than the sum of its parts. Ostensibly it's about a government agen ...more

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Apr 24, 2021 Beth rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, sword-and-laser

This was really sweet, and I loved the found-family of kids and how Linus the inspector learned to care about them. All the stuff with the kids was great. I found the adult motives a bit harder to accept; it's not a sign of an evil bureaucracy that inspectors aren't supposed to start dating the people they are evaluating; that seems like basic ethics. And the huge angst over Linus's decision (view spoiler) ...more

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