Mar 10

Mar 10 All the Tides of Fate (All the Stars and Teeth, #2)

Author: Adalyn Grace
Publisher: Imprint
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Note: Content and trigger warnings are provided for those who need them at the bottom of this page. If you don’t need them and don’t want to risk spoilers, don’t scroll past the full review.

Cover Description

***Description is spoiler for All the Stars and Teeth***

Through blood and sacrifice, Amora Montara has conquered a rebellion and taken her rightful place as queen of Visidia. Now, with the islands in turmoil and the people questioning her authority, Amora cannot allow anyone to see her weaknesses.

No one can know about the curse in her bloodline. No one can know that she’s lost her magic. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul.

To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything ― but it comes at a terrible cost. As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, and the desires of her heart, Amora will soon discover that the power to rule might destroy her.

TL;DR Review

All the Tides of Fate is a good conclusion to the All the Stars and Teeth duology. These books are fast-paced, easy to read, creative, and fun escapism.

For you if: You need a good-guy-pirate love interest in your next read.

Full Review

“I know you well enough to know that you’re hiding something,” he says. “There’s more to this than you’re telling me. But I’ll play your game, and I hope you give it your best shot with those boys. Because you’re going to be sorely disappointed when you discover that not one of them is me.”

I read All the Stars and Teeth early last year, when it first came out, because Tomi Adeyemi blurbed it. I enjoyed it (hello, good guy pirate love interest), and so when All the Tides of Fate was released this year, I joined the library waitlist. I thought it was a good conclusion to a fun, fast-paced, creative, escapist story overall. (And again: hot pirates.)

The duology is about a girl named Amora, who is the princess of Visidia and heir to her father’s throne. While each of the islands in the kingdom practices a special kind of magic, her family is the only one allowed to practice soul magic — or so everyone thinks. In the first book, Amora’s journey led her to claiming her rightful place. In the second book, she has to pick up the pieces of everything that got broken along the way — breaking curses, healing from grief, ruling with confidence and selflessness. She’s no longer saving the world; she’s working to guarantee its future.

These books feel like they’re on the lower end of the YA reading level — they deal with heavy themes but without too many trigger warnings, they read really fast, and the romantic scenes are handled delicately. But I really liked them for what they are. The world-building is creative, the characters are so lovable, the (again) pirate love interest is a HEART THROB imo, and it’s filled with adventure and morals and magic.

I also appreciated how this book, specifically, handled grief — how it hurts for a long time, how you can’t let it consume you even when it feels easier, how you are allowed to have selfish moments as you heal, and how you aren’t alone, no matter how alone you feel.

If you’re looking for a fast-paced read to escape from real life for a little bit, this feels like a good choice!