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I didn’t realize when I requested it was a sneak peek.
The small part was nice and get me excited for the full book.

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Well its just a snippet but I loved it and I will definitely be continuing this one when I have the opportunity!😍

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It's hard to review a snippet, but I can easily say it is a delight to be back in this world with these characters and I can't wait to hear more! I'm only giving 3 stars because it feels so unfair to give it more with so little to go on, but I bet it's much higher than that!

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I am beyond excited for the release of this book. This preview is NOT ENOUGH! I need more!
Based on this short snippet, I believe this book will be an excellent sequel to "The House in the Cerulean Sea".

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I was so excited to be selected for this sequel and then I realized it was a sneak peak. I can't wait to find out more about Arthur's story and get back to these characters. I also appreciated the audio version!

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This is only a preview of "Somewhere Beyond the Sea", the sequel to blockbuster hit "House in the Cerulean Sea", but I'm already so excited to be back with Linus, Arthur, and the kids! Klune's writing and Daniel Henning's magical narration (I cannot get enough of Chauncey's voice!) make me relive my days as an avid Lemony Snicket reader. I cannot wait for the release!

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Oh my heart 🥹. I have never been so happy to be reunited with a storyline and with specific characters in my life. This is book 2 of Cerulean Chronicles!

This is an itty bitty excerpt from the new book by @tjklune and I damn near squealed out loud when I was approved for this! Even if it is just an excerpt.

The audiobook is narrated by the same narrator as The House In The Cerulean Sea and he is utterly perfect. The voices he uses for all of these endearing and unique characters has me feeling like they are real people that I just want to jump inside these pages and.hug.

And now that I’ve gotten a sneaky peek I will for SURE be adding to cart as soon s the full version is available, which it looks like is happening on September 10th!

THANK YOU to Netgalley, Macmillan Audio, Tor Publishing, and the author for these excerpts in exchange for my honest thoughts.

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This little sneak peak was just enough to get me very excited about TJ Klune as an author. I haven't read any of their work before and I did not realize that this is the sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea so I definitely need to read that first.

I really enjoyed the writing style and the descriptive language that Klune uses. This book really did a great job of the setting the scene and I really enjoyed the narrator.

I will definitely be checking out both The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for this snippet audiobook ARC.

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What a bummer to think I got a full ALC, only to realize it was a sneak peak!

Regardless, I really enjoyed the first book and found Arthur much more compelling than Linus, so I'm thrilled this book will focus on Arthur. Even the short time spent with the kids in this sneak peak got me so excited to be back with them.

I'm excited for this book, but also disappointed in the author. I'd be much more excited if Klune would actually release a statement around his "inspiration" for the story being from residential schools and include reparations for Indigenous families who's stories he co-opted for his own gain. His silence has been deafening the past few years.

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Just a teaser and it had me ready to cry!

'House on the Cerulean Sea' is an absolutely gorgeous story with top notch characters. So much so that as exciting as it is to revisit this story, it's also a little terrifying... what if it doesn't feel the same!?

From this first snippit my fears are somewhat swayed. The prelude portion felt pitch perfect in humor and setting, like a warm familiar hug. I truely cannot wait to get the whole book in my hands.

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I absolutely loved the first book in this series. Listening to the audiobook of the second part that gives insight to Arthur's life and ratio of the orphanage was beautiful.
Shedding so much more light on the children and the life that emerged from his own decisions to take up as the caretaker of the place just beyond the sea. Klune's imagery paints a beautiful world within its words. The story is beautiful, breathtaking and should be on every readers TBR.

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Obsessed 🤩 i loved this so much. Thank you for the sneaky peek. I can’t wait to read the entire book.

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Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. I am a pretty consistent mystery, thriller reader but decided to give TJ Klunes first book in this series a try and WOW! did it change my mind on fantasy so I HAD to read the sneak peak for Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Arthur is back and I am here for it! This sneak peak was amazing and I cannot wait to read the entire thing!!! The narrators were also fantastic!

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I am so excited for the full release of this book! The first chapter of this book helped bring me back to the characters and I cannot wait to explore them more!
The only thing I wish that would have been there was a synopsis of what had happened in the first book or a character description again. I read the first book four years ago and would have loved a recap.

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The narrator's voice is lovely and the pacing of the audiobook is perfect. I was thrilled when I was given this preview audiobook sample because I've been waiting for this sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea since I heard that there would be one. Just like the first book, this book promises to be the sweetest, warm hug of a book (the Cerulean Sea was one of the few books I read that made me happy during the pandemic). I cannot recommend this audiobook any more!

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I love this so much already. This has me so excited for the remaining of the book coming out next month. Narrator is so good and has a wonderful style and brings such life to the story

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Loved this preview! Really excited for the full version to be released next month. I am hoping the sequel is as wonderful as the first book.

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This audio excerpt of Somewhere Beyond the Sea was absolutely phenomenal. The narration is excellent and thoroughly kept my interest throughout the extended preview. Pacing, voices and inflections, and general sound of the narrators voice were just a few things that were particularly lovely about the audio. The small amount of story that was available was so enticing and I’m counting the days until I can consume this story in it’s entirety.

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I loved this preview of Arthur's story even more in audio than I did in print since the narrator is amazing! I can't wait to read the full book! Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the early listen in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Little bitty snippet of the new TJ Klune book, Somewhere Beyond the Sea. We get to go back to Marsyas Island and this is Arthur's story. Can't wait to read the whole thing!!!

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