I remember this being my least favorite of the books that I had read in this series, but that was probably just because I've always been afraid of large bodies of water. That being said, I don't think this one was as good as the previous two. Maybe it is just that this one is a lot darker than the other ones so far. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed reading this, but this one just wasn't as terrific as the others unfortunately. I'm still very enthusiastic to read the rest of them!