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I’m a little confused about Sarai. She goes from convincing Elena that the dreams and the Ship Log is real and then immediately shuts Jesse down when he decides to act on it. Huh? Why would she do both? I can understand why she doesn’t want him to go, but also prove that it’s all real and important? It’s just a little wierd. Also Jesse’s motivations are wierd, if he doesn’t want to go, why not run away?

I’m enjoying the introduction to this book. I am very intrigued by the messages of the Sea Wizard and curious how Jesse will manage to sort out his problems. The prose is so far a little bit wonky, but it could also just be that I am expecting a more classical style because of the other books Ive been reading lately. It’s not bad by any means, just not super flowery.