
All I can do is hope that she grows on me in the next book, The Restitution. The other times I wanted to hit her myself. I despised most of her attitude except for the times she was helping Charlisse. I was supposed to pity her and the situation she was in, but I could not get myself to. In this book, a girl name Isabel was introduced. They both were haunted by thoughts that degraded their self worth, telling them that they would never be good enough or that they were failures. I was put through both Merrick and Charlisse being torn away from God at points and fighting the undying faith that they knew is impossible to shake. I was also surprised with Charlisse and how she could be so strong and weak at the same time. How he buried himself in his sorrow was expected because of his past, but I could not believe how much it hit me and how shocked I was by some of the things he did. Knowing that Merrick thought his wife was dead made me go insane for almost the entire book. I knew it was going to be hard for it to at least match in entertainment. I was pleased with how great of a sequel this was for The Redemption. Will she be swept away by the undertow of treachery and despair? Can Edmund and Charlisse steer their way to the faith-filled haven they so desperately seek, or will they ultimately lose their love and lives to the sea?

Seemingly abandoned by her husband, Charlisse is thrown into the clutches of the vengeful pirate Kent. When his mind clears from its rum-induced haze, will Edmund find the will to escape?

Tormented by his wife's apparent demise, Edmund Merrick sails away to drown his sorrows-only to find himself trapped in the dark world of a demented Frenchman.
