Given To The Earth

The slow decay of magic in the book was pivotal in the book, Khosa is still having fits and being called to the sea, the earth is growing quieter and quieter. Khosa finds a possible way to save the people of Stille, but would they agree knowing that what is proposed has never been done before? This b......more

In Given to the Sea, readers were introduced to five tragic characters. Vincent, the reluctant heir to the throne of Stille. Khosa, a young woman raised to be sacrificed. Indiri twins Donil and Dara, the last of their race. And Witt, the leader of the Pietra, a young man who must pretend to be heart......more

Not going to lie, I skim read this one. Mainly because I just wanted to know how it ended. The first book was okay, great concept, but not exactly what I wanted. This one was the same. In the end I didn't particularly care for a lot of the characters. This may be due, in part, to the fact that each c......more

This book had such a sad ending, which I won't talk about too much to avoid spoilers. What I liked: The great and varying cast of characters, with many people on different sides of a conflict where neither party is right or wrong. There were two characters I absolutely didn't expect to even like eac......more

Title: Given to the Earth Author: Mindy McGinnis Age Group: Teen/Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Series: Given to the Sea, book two Star Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars The author gave me an advance reader copy of this book at a library visit in August—she even signed it for me—thank you so much, Mindy, it means so......more