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Book Coach Corner: The House in the Cerulean Sea

Tedd Hawks
5 min readMar 7, 2024
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Background: What Is Book Coach Corner?

Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to analyze books, TV shows, and movies. I then dissect them in terms of story structure. As a heads up: there will be spoilers, and some posts may not make sense if you haven’t seen/read the work.

Those are the details. This post will evaluate TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea and discuss the joy of finding a book that defies standard genre norms.

Synopsis

The House in the Cerulean Sea follows Linus Baker, a case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), who is sent on a special assignment to investigate an orphanage that is home to the antichrist.

Quick Thoughts

I enjoyed this story a lot. The characters are well-written, and the book tells a complex story that ties together at the end. Klune is a fabulous writer.

A Challenging Sell

What I loved most about this book (and what I think can give hope to writers everywhere), is the fact that while I was reading it, I had no idea who the book was for.

  • The tone feels middle-grade (ages 8–12), but the primary…

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Tedd Hawks
Tedd Hawks

Written by Tedd Hawks

I'm a Chicago-based writer and book coach who loves to write and help others write better. I always love to connect: bookcoachtedd@gmail.com

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