This was a semi enjoyable read. It had a good storyline that definitely had potential but I just couldn't gel with the writing style, it really fell flat and I felt like I didn't know anything really about the characters or much of anything really. It is a shame because I think it could be really good.

Beneath the Burning Wave is a strange one, because I do think it has potential to be a thoughtful and lyrical little work. The problem is I never really felt like I understood what was going on, because a lot of events and relationships are left to implication. The sparse writing style and short chapters could work well, but I just didn't feel like the balance was right between what was explained and what was just mentioned. The use of neopronouns is lovely to see and was not at all hard to process, but how they were used is a little odd. The depicted society still distinguishes between a binary of biological sex and has social requirements for that, so this is not at all about non-binary or genderfluid identity. The book more explores how cis men and women begin united and how that breaks down - an interesting theme, but not a radically queer one. Unfortunately just not the book I was hoping from the premise.