This is not how I thought I would feel about this book. All the Stars and Teeth, the first book in this duology, was incredible! So, naturally I was stoked for All the Tides of Fate to be released this year.

I struggled with this book, not because it was bad but because it was mediocre compared to the first book. I thought the story did an okay job of filling in bits that people would need to know if they had not read the first book. However, the story just felt super slow and not as epic as the first book. I did not feel like I was on adventure, which is what I was expecting after book one.

Honestly, mediocre, okay, and so so describe how I felt about this book, which really pains me to write. I really do hope to read more by Adalyn Grace in the future, as I feel she is talented. I almost feel like this book was forced and difficult for her to write.

I received an eARC from Macmillian Children's Publishing Group through NetGalley. All opinions are 100% my own.

Adalyn's books tend to have a slow start for me, but once I get to the meat of the story I hardly want to put it down. I was a little worried about starting this without rereading ALL THE STARS AND TEETH, but she gave a nice recap when needed without being overly repetitive. I grew to love Vaatea even more than I did before and I would absolutely read more books with her in them. We got to delve deeper into the magic systems, follow a myth/legend into some uncharted territory, learn the depths one will go to for their family (both blood and chosen). The end is a bit of a gut wrencher, but kind of in the most beautiful way. I can't say too much about that without giving spoilers. I honestly think I enjoyed ALL THE TIDES OF FATE more than the first book. I read it a little too fast and will have to revisit this world again (soonish). All in all a great duology, that I will recommend to YA fantasy lovers and anyone looking for a fun high seas adventure!

This was an AMAZING conclusion to this duology. The entire cast of characters are just so good and I love reading about each of them. This book I especially enjoyed because it really delved into Amora's grief and how her father's death in book 1 affected her. I loved the descriptions of each island and how unique each of them are. Also can we talk about the absolute icon that Ferrick is? My boy is the best person in the whole universe of this story. Bastian is also once again out there stealing my heart and just being all around amazing as well. Shanty and Vataea's friendship was also great to watch unfold. I just can't say enough good things about this book and series. GO READ THE FIRST BOOK IF YOU HAVEN'T. Then immediately read this. It's worth it.

I had the hardest time rating this one. I think part of the difficulty was that it was just a bit overshadowed by the first book in the duology. That is to say, this wasn’t a bad book at all, but I liked the first one so much more that this one let me down a bit.

We are back to following Amara after the conclusion of the first book, and now she is on a new quest, one that will hopefully help her reclaim her magic and finish accomplishing all the things she wishes to fix about her world. That being said, she now has to go on this quest without her magic and with the added complication of doing it all under the guise of sailing the seas in search of a husband to placate her family and government back home.

What I loved:
Adalyn Grace created such a fascinating magic system and world in this series, and getting to revisit the word and characters that I fell in love with in the first book was amazing. The writing style was just as exciting and enjoyable as the first book, and I liked the quest idea as a natural progression of the plot.

What I didn’t love:
While I am totally here for an exploration of grief and consequences and I think the changes in the main character were accurate to how she would be handling the events of the first book, I just didn’t enjoy reading her as much as the badass scary magic-wielding, sea monster-fighting heroine that we got in the first book.

Overall I still really liked this book and definitely recommend it to any seafaring fantasy lovers looking for a short series to fall in love with. 4 stars

I really loved this follow up book to the first book in this series. I found this book tackled so many new issues and loved how it occurred. I really loved how this book explored and expanded on the found family elements but also added a quest element. I also really loved how this book tackled grief so effectively. It was light hearted read but with some emotional punches that really kicked me in the emotions. I really loved the romance and the book and felt it like it was not the main focused but love it. I feel like the end was so well crafted and really exited to read more by this author in the future.

I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would have. The story was very lackluster and the romance fell flat.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

After reading and loving "All The Stars & Teeth," I was highly anticipating its sequel, "All The Tides Of Fate."

Although I still slightly prefer the first book, I still found this one enjoyable. Similarly to the first, it's packed with adventure and a captivating read overall. If you're a fan of YA fantasy (and especially if you liked "All The Stars & Teeth," be sure to check this one out!

Amara has spent the last season pretending that she still has her magic, magic that is required to be queen as well as to maintain order on the island. She is trying her best to be queen when she is breaking apart on the inside, uncertain of anything, including her own feelings. Her advisors have determined that she is needing a king to help keep her in line, so Amara takes the opportunity to search for a king while in reality on her own mission to save her kingdom.

I will say that I did not love All the Tides of Fate as much as I did All The Stars and Teeth (which was hands down one of my favorite books of last year) and I think that was predominantly due to the change in Amora- don't get me wrong, it was still a great book and I enjoyed it, but it was not ATSAT. In ATSAT, Amara was this complete badass, controlling a dark magic that made everyone afraid of her, battling sea monsters, bluffing her way through all the dangerous situations, eating her body weight in treats, and basically being her own hero and I adored her. In ATTOF, she was a watered down version of herself, very emotional and broken, unable to use her scary magic, needing to be saved at every turn, and overall this sad girl who has no idea what she wants out of life or even able to trust her own feelings. I was a little let down since I had such high hopes for her. But on that note, Amara has the best, most wonderful crew of friends/protectors a girl could ever ask for and I love them all and the group dynamic.

I did love coming back to this adventure and getting a conclusion. The magic the author created was phenomenal, scary, dangerous and fabulous at the same time and I would love more stories set in this world in different islands just to get the chance to see more of this magic. I will admit that the ending was super bittersweet and hurt my heart while at the same time it's own kind of HEA. I very much recommend this series for anyone who likes magic, royal court intrigue, romance, sly yet romantic pirates, blood thirsty sirens, loyal best friends and adventure.

Amora drove me nuts. She says she trusts her friends but she lies to them. She won't let anyone in and she keeps pushing away the people that care about her.

Full thoughts can be read here: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2021/02/all-the-tides-of-fate-explores-both-magical-challenges-and-realistic-grief/

I do not have words to adequately explain how much I adored this book.

I honestly struggled with the first half of the first book in this series (All the Stars and Teeth), because I felt like it moved a bit too slowly in that first half. Then the second half really captured my attention and made me want to continue the series.

Fortunately, All the Tides of Fate picks up right where Book 1 ended and kept the pace going all throughout the book. I was hooked from the start. There was action, excitement, adventure, romance, and friendship. Everything I loved about Book 1 flowed seamlessly in Book 2. I could not put this book down from the moment I started it until I finished it.

Also... that ENDING. Wow.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure, magic, and meaningful relationships.

3.5 stars
I definitely enjoyed All the Stars and Teeth a lot more than All the Tides of Fate. I felt like this book was very slow and not much happened plot wise for a good portion of the book. Vatea still remains my favorite character while Amora still annoys me. She's such a brat and I just really did not like her attitude in this book. Or the first book for that matter. I enjoyed seeing the other islands and meeting new characters but overall the book was just okay for me.

All the Tides of Fate picks up shortly after the events of All the Stars and Teeth. The crew is back together to find Amora a husband – and looking to find a mythical item that can help save her from the curse and bring peace to Visidia.

I felt there was a bit of The Bachelorette vibes as we follow Amora from island to island, meeting with eligible bachelors hoping to be chosen as her husband. I enjoyed getting to see more of the world and meeting new and interesting characters – though I’ll always remain loyal to the main crew and be a diehard Amora + Bastien fan. Speaking of Bastien, with the curse on Amora and Bastien, it is difficult for either of them to trust their feelings towards one another. I thought it was interesting to see how they navigated this obstacle and was rooting for those two crazy kids to get together from the start.

The most important part of the story for me was watching Amora deal with the trauma of the previous book where she lost her father and her world seemingly fell apart. Obviously she has some things she needs to work through and I felt it was important for the author to take us through that journey – which she did quite well. It would be completely unrealistic for Amora to go about as everything is normal, and though her actions were frustrating at times – with serious consequences – it was necessary to explore those emotions.

As for the other characters, V still makes me want to be a badass mermaid and Ferrick is the best friend everyone needs. Throughout the book I found myself laughing and crying and feeling utterly complete when the story ended. This book is full of surprises until the end and I don’t think you will be disappointed in the conclusion of this duology.

I loved All the Stars and Teeth when I read it last spring: gritty and dark YA fantasy that dealt with the troubles of imperialism with sea adventures galore (plus a pirate and a mermaid!). Reading All the Tides of Fate, the final book in this duology, felt like a let-down, though. Three stars because the writing and plot were still engaging (though less so than the first book).

I think, in part, I was overly optimistic when reading All the Stars and Teeth. That novel felt like it had great inclusion (so many characters that don't have white skin!), but it's just superficial diversity. Their skin tones don't actually play a role in the story, even though the book is set in a world where the different islands have widely varying power dynamics, with some being exploiters and some exploited. In another author's hands, this could've been a way to explore the racialized foundations of imperialism.

The first book also felt like it was gearing up to be anti-imperialism: Amora uncovers the dark history of her family and their reign over Visidia, and begins to question their right to rule. In All the Tides of Fate, however, Amora has just become queen, and suddenly and wholeheartedly believes that she must rule her kingdom and keep it united, whatever it takes. She grapples with morality in doing so, but for most of this novel, she sees herself as the rightful leader who must preserve her empire.

The rest of this review is going to be a spoiler-laden analysis of the ways this book perpetuates and upholds an imperialist fantasy.

In All the Tides of Fate, Amora goes on a journey across the islands of Visida. She pretends she's doing so to find a husband so she can produce an heir and maintain her family's lineage--explicitly working to preserve her family's legacy as rulers of Visidia. In reality, she's hunting down a person who may know how to help her re-gain her magic and fix her kingdom--again, to help her maintain control over her imperialist domain.

Amora is attacked by residents of the first two islands she visits: first, by drunken men, and then by a political agent trying to usurp her as ruler of his island. In both cases, the attackers are very clearly portrayed as morally wrong: it is immoral for these people to fight for their communities' needs and to try to depose the newest ruler in a corrupt line of exploitative and uncaring kings. After the second attack, Amora begins to question whether she's in the right by preserving her empire, but she visits a third island, where everyone loves her and is so excited to help her fight for her vision, so her doubts are squashed and she again trusts herself to know what's best.

Her trust in herself as the rightful leader then, at the very end of the novel, brings her to suddenly announce that the kingdom will actually be changing form, so that each island gets equal say in how the union is run and maintained. Here, she seems to be offering the islands a chance to represent themselves through elected officials (in a system that sounds an awful lot like the U.S. Senate, which has its own problems of unequal representation), but again, Amora somehow knows what will be best for the kingdom. She doesn't solicit or expect any feedback from the islands in question. Instead, she makes a sweeping reform where she, as the rightful leader trained to be their queen, knows what's best for everybody, which is maintaining the empire, whatever it takes. The islands don't get a say in how the new system will function, or even whether they want to participate; instead, Amora makes her decree and then leaves, going on a new adventure at sea.

And, of course, this opportunity for empire reform is only possible through the self-sacrificial death of Visidia's most loyal subject (and Amora's closest friend, Ferrick). He dies so that Amora can re-gain her magic and preserve the empire; his death, as Visidia's loyal subject, is what enables Amora to reform the kingdom and re-gain the trust of her other subjects. He must die so that she can maintain the imperialist union of islands.

A final note: one of the islands was, in the first book, a hub of sex trafficking and other atrocities. In the second book, however, Amora and the islands' residents are incredibly excited that they have reclaimed control through turning the island into... a giant casino, with gambling and drinking around every corner, as a source of tourism revenue. This made me really uncomfortable because of the way that this pivot was praised as a sign of autonomy and agency on the island's part, as though they had reclaimed their island and economy by turning it into a legal version of what settler colonials had been using the island for previously. This pivot mirrors the same choices many tribal reservations in the U.S. have made--but without acknowledging the ways that this choice was in many ways forced upon the island in the story, and the ways that this choice doesn't actually represent political and economic agency. The island is "repairing" itself with the revenue brought in by tourist gambling, but at what cost? The book offers superficial praise of a difficult and double-edged choice for self-preservation in the face of settler colonialism, without engaging with the harms that such a choice can and does make for residents.

This sequel, this beautiful, heart wrenching, story was absolutely everything. All the Tides of Fate majestically wraps up this duology in such an intricate way that, even though the story was complete, I was left hoping for more.

Like the first book, the story swifts you right off your feet and takes you on a current of emotions. At least, that’s what it was like for me. I had all the emotions with this story. There were times where I was bursting with joy or nervous for the Keel Haul crew. There were times where I wanted to strangle certain Keel Haul crew members and times I wanted to protect them. And, of course, there were times where I was swooning over some very swoon-worthy characters. This book is jam packed with emotions, which made the reading experience that much more enjoyable.

Amora continued to prove just how strong of a character she is. Her kingdoms are in turmoil and she will do absolutely anything to bring peace to the kingdoms. But that proves difficult when people start questioning her authority and whether she’s the best ruler for Visidia. Even with the lack of her powers, she proves to be strong-willed and capable of anything thrown her way. She had to tackle so many decisions that were both good and bad, and some of those decisions even made those closest to her question what she was doing. But what was also great was seeing how Amora handled her grief over her father and the curse – she has truly proven that she is a well rounded character.

I loved that Grace included characters we met briefly in All the Stars and Teeth and gave them a bigger playing role. It was great to expand on this crew and learn more about these characters that mesmerized me in book one. Each of these characters played a role in Amora’s life, whether it was minor or major. Bastian continued to be Amora’s main support system (besides Ferrick), even when she constantly pushed him away. Amora’s relationship with each Keel Haul crew member made the story more exciting and difficult to put down.

Adalyn Grace’s writing is, as the first book, full of lush prose and beautiful world building. She’s brought this world and story to life. It’s full of wonder and magic. Grace includes more about the world she has created in All the Tides of Fate. As Amora travels to the other islands, we get a glimpse of what each island looks like and how its people operate. It provides such an insightful part of Amora’s journey, and the writing only made that journey more memorable. I have to say, I enjoyed the writing in the sequel more than the first book – I found myself way more engrossed.

All in all, All the Tides of Fate was everything I wanted and more. It’s a perfect ending to a captivating story, and I can’t wait for what’s next from Adalyn Grace. If you are looking for a duology filled with adventure, magic, pirates, a siren, and an unforgettable storyline, I highly recommend checking out All the Stars and Teeth duology!

I really enjoyed this. I'm often wary of sequels in a duology, but this one kept me engaged the whole way through. Adalyn Grace has built such an interesting world and magic system. Looking forward to seeing what else she comes up with!

This story takes place a few months after the first book. Amora is now queen and although she is still very traumatized by what happened, she still needs to learn how to rule her kingdom as well as hide the fact that she is now cursed.

Oh man sometimes sequels scare me especially when I loved the first book but man Adalyn Grace wrote a great sequel. This story gets you hooked. I felt so bad for Amora and at the same time I wanted to shake her, let them help you girl. Her slow burn relationship with Bastian, had me go just kiss already but it is so worth the wait. I also loved Vataea, Shanty and Ferrick, they were all show stealers for a show I never wanted to end. There are plot twists that I didn’t expect to happen that will rip out your heart but it is worth the journey.

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan's Childrens for the arc of this title.

All the Tides of Fate is set two season following the events that took place in All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace. This book is the second in a duology. To get the most out of these books I really think they need to be read in order. Theoretically this could be a stand alone but I think you would be missing some badly needed context that would hinder your enjoyment.

***All the Stars and Teeth spoilers ahead***

In this story Amora is still grappling with the death of her father and the loss of her powers. Her kingdom doesn't quite know what to do with their young new queen and has not learned to trust her. Amora sets out on to voyage with her tried and true crew from her first journey (plus a couple of newbies) in order to win the confidence and loyalty of her people. At the same time she's on a secret mission to find a way to break her curses and get her magic back.⁣

Like the first book, this story ⁣has what I am looking for in YA high fantasy:

- great characters I was happy to revisit
- fantastic world building - this time showing the evolution of the kingdom in the two seasons that have passed
- another interesting travel quest plot
- interesting mythical creatures

While at heart this book is a travel quest like the first, this one deals much more with Amora's almost post traumatic stress from the death of her father. At times I found myself a little frustrated with Amora. I had to keep reminding myself that she is incredibly young, faces enormous responsibility, and experienced a horrific loss in her young life. She deserves a little grace for not being perfect.

While I didn't enjoy this book quite as much as the first, I still think that when taken with the original book, these two books are YA high fantasy done right. I love the land Adalyn Grace has created with Visidia and really hope we see another set of stories set in this land.

I read this book back to back with its sequel All the Tides of Fate. Taken together the two work as a sea going adventure. Between the two books you visit the seven islands that make up the Kingdom of Visidia.

This was a wonderful sequel to the first book, building on the world and the character relationships more. It will tear at your heart and make you question a lot of character actions. Its a must read!

This is the conclusion to the magical, seafaring adventure All the Stars and Teeth. It takes place after the events in book 1. Amora and crew set sail on another adventure to the islands to restore her divided kingdom, but Amora has secret plans of her own to break her curse. Like the first book, I think the friendships in this story are one of my favorites. I love Bastian, Ferrick, Vatea and new additions: Shanty and Casem. This was also an emotional journey, about death, PTSD, healing and I was not prepared to feel the way I did.

Overall, I enjoyed this installment more than the first and fans will love the bittersweet ending as this thrilling duology comes to a close.

Read this if you enjoy...
• vivid & lush worldbuilding
• pirates, mermaids & adventure
• unique magic system
• friendships, found family
• and romance