I love TJ Klune! I am so very excited to read this! Thank you so much for the preview! I will definitely be purchasing this book when it comes out.

This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2024, and this excerpt has somehow managed to increase my excitement. T.J. Klune is a master of world-building and this book feels like catching up with old friends!

I confession...I haven't read the excerpt yet and I am not going to. I am so excited for this book to come out and reading a small portion of it may just make my brain explode with anticipation. (I didn't realise it was an excerpt when I requested it.)
Anyway TJ Klune is amazing and I can not wait for September 10.

Thank you netgalley for letting me read this exempt. I loved the first book and from the first chapter in this book I was hooked again. It's a funny story that I find myself laughing out loud. I love that this book is from Arthur's point of view. It shows us when Aurthur returned to the island/house and how the house came to be, before it continues the story from the first book. I can't wait until this book comes out so I can continue reading it.

Klune instantly brings us back into the world we love with the characters that we cherish so much! The heart, joy, and life of these characters are still there from the first book where we first met all of them.

With this just being an excerpt, I am captured with this story and can’t wait to learn more about these characters. Arthur’s story is one that I am intrigued by and looking forward to learning more about him and what Klune may throw at us. I am sure Klune will leave us in tears by the end, as he always does.

I’ve just loved the first book and really appreciated the opportunity to be taken back to this magic universe.
It was really interesting to know more about Arthur’s past at the school and the island.
The four chapters were just a tease to get in touch with the characters we love so much. Looking forward to the full version of the book!

I was lucky enough to get the first four chapters of TJ Klune's Somewhere Beyond The Sea (sequel to House In The Cerulean Sea). I'm officially hooked and I can't wait for this one to come out so I can read the rest of it! 

It was filled with some funny and heart warming moments that made the first book shine.  This book focuses on Arthur's story as he is summoned to make a statement about things that have happened to him in his past.  With the support of Linus and the kids he finds the strength to go and speak his truth.

This made me so happy and excited to read the full book when it comes out.
We are back in the world with the same amazing characters. The beginning of this book we get a little bit of Arthur's backstory and how he came back "home" to create this home for the magical children we have come to love in the first book.

Very excited for September 10th

Very much looking forward to reading the full text! One pet peeve I'm noticing is that Klune repeats some phrases across books (but! the phrases align with the themes of each book) like being there when someone is ready, stardust, humans being more than one expects, etc. This excerpt opens with the grouchy and prejudiced Merle bringing Arthur back to the island, and Arthur and Zoe's attempts to reopen the orphanage--an excellent addition to Klune's world-builiding!

I was so excited to read this excerpt, and I am definitely interested to see how the story continues. Linus and Arthur are back, as are all of the kids, as Arthur tries to advocate for the rights of his magical kids. This excerpt includes the prologue and the first four chapters, and while there is plenty of fun, cozy, heartwarming banter between the kids and adults, there is also a lot of politics and set up for what seems to be Arthur fighting for their freedoms in court. This is all fine and good - my primary concern as a reader, however, is whether or not the magical kids will be as featured in the story. What I loved so much about House in the Cerulean Sea, is the fun and chaos of those characters. I'll take a thinly veiled metaphor for LGBTQ rights any day, but I do appreciate how funny and sweet the first book was, and I hope this one continues that tradition. I'm eager to find out!

Yay for the return of this great cast of characters from the wonderful first book! Chauncey, Lucy, Talia, and all the others... I loved what I got to read so far but now am waiting with bated breath to get to the rest! Hopefully, it'll all be just as joyous as what was in the excerpt. Time to start a countdown timer for 9/10...

I loved the first book, and enjoyed this short excerpt. J love the detailed language and magical tone of his books. I can’t wait to continue reading!

I cannot wait for this book. The characters and world are so warm and inviting to come back to based on this.

I haven't read this first book (yet), but was excited to read this excerpt of the second before diving in to the first. I did really enjoy what I read, but found some parts of it a bit overly wordy. I enjoy descriptive writing, and it seems even more necessary with this type of story, but I did find some of it to be a little bit too much. I am still very interested in reading the first book, and then this one once it comes out in September.

I absolutely loved the first book, and cannot wait to read the rest of the second. TJ Cain is such a great job invoking emotion with his readers, and I love his writing style. I highly recommend checking out the first book, and then reading the second one it comes out in September! Thank you for letting me read this!!

The excerpt was great! I'm stumped on how to write a review with such a small portion of the material available to discuss, but I look forward to reading the full book once it has been published. Based on the first four chapters, fans of the first book will be thrilled by this return to beloved characters.

Though it took me about a chapter to settle in to Arthur's narrative voice, I ended up really enjoying this excerpt! I do think some of the descriptions are a little unnecessarily detailed, but I love that the whimsical nature of the first book seems to have returned in this one, especially considering that it will be tackling some very big topics. I'm extremely excited to see what Klune does with this book!

Ah, I have this on my holds now for the library - can't wait until it comes out so I can read the whole thing. I love this author and I love the characters!

TJ Klune can do no wrong!!! I was thrilled to get this excerpt and absolutely loved it as I imagined I would.

Cannot wait to get the full book when it comes out.

I read House in the Cerulean Sea years ago and really enjoyed it-- I was beyond shocked to see this sequel pop up on Netgalley! Readers will be thrilled that the story of Linus and Arthur is continued in this sequel!