Call of the Bone Ships by R.J. Barker
Thought I might have some trouble getting back into this world since it’s been a year ago that I read the first book. No worries – I was sucked right back into this fascinating world of sea dragons and naval battles. I’m about 90 pages in and LOVING IT.
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
This is interesting… it won the SPFBO in 2019, but dang it’s WEIRD at first! I thought it was like, the equivalent of samurai era Japan but they have holo-phones! I like it, but it definitely has some flaws and things that mess with your immersion a bit.
Powder & Page 
I’m just reading Call of the Bone Ships and thought, like you, that I might struggle to get back into it – but so far no problems. Loving it.
Sword of Kaigen is an unusual book and it took me a long time to get into the story – I’m going to guess maybe even 100-150 pages but it does have a lot of emotional depth.
Lynn 😀
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I ADORED Call of the Bone Ships! Also, Sword of Kaigen is such an emotional rollercoaster. I don’t exactly love it, but I also just can’t stop reading it.
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