Pitched to me as "the one about trade routes, magical fertilizer, & one girl's centuries-long effort to impress a woman who is already in a committed relationship with a boat", I started this on a whim and immediately devoured it. I likes the main character's voice and the central premise. It was a lot of fun to see how Suradanna dealt with things and how things changed over time. 

I love how differently Suradanna and the captain reacted to their situation; the captain

retreating from society and focusing on the boat and the sea, while Suradanna continually reinvented herself.

Nice touch that the

unchanging sea eventually changed too!