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by Mary Lindsey
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Thalia @ Pictures in the Words
Thalia @ Pictures in the Words rated it 11 years ago
(that pesky formatting!) You’re reading this now and I have some number of stars up there that represents how I felt about this book, but at this moment, as I’m typing, I have no idea in heck how many stars or going to be up there, or even how I felt about this book as a whole. I’ve been left so c...
isamlq
isamlq rated it 11 years ago
Ashes on the waves…this author and I must part ways. Her Shattered Souls book had me more than disappointed, and it seems this to shall disappoint me. There’s a whole range of things that I couldn’t stomach. Let’s start with how typically typical it all is: -Odd one out living the simple life.-New o...
Susana "Lost in Fantasy Land"
Susana "Lost in Fantasy Land" rated it 12 years ago
Also posted at PaperbackWonderlandCaution:The following text is an assortment of ramblings and spoilers...By this, i don't mean to offend the author in any way, i'm just expressing what i felt while reading this book...Jeez!! I'm depressed!! What a mess of non-stop dramas! Drama number one: Liam, ag...
Jessica (HDB)
Jessica (HDB) rated it 12 years ago
Content Screening: Mild Violence Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dark books, with romance. Also, Edgar Allen Poe references! First Thoughts: Ashes on the Waves was a deliciously quick read. I was immediately drawn in by the way that Mary Lindsey manages to create such a chilling atmosphere. T...
IHeartYAFiction
IHeartYAFiction rated it 12 years ago
Short and Sweet:This was truly a compelling and beautiful love story. It took a bit to get into it (50-60 pages for me), but was absolutely worth it. I also loved the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. They set the tone throughout the book to eerie and tense. I really enjoyed this take on Edga...
Khanh the Killjoy
Khanh the Killjoy rated it 12 years ago
"I wept for my own condition. My loneliness. My misery. Myself."Ye gods, so much emo here.This book starts off with a text of Edgar Allan Poe's beloved poem, Annabel Lee. I am a proud, card-bearing member of the Edgar Allan Poe bandwagon. I absolutely love his writing, particularly his poetry, and A...
Fiction Freak
Fiction Freak rated it 12 years ago
To sum this book up in two words, Ashes on the Waves was most definitely hauntingly unique. The Gothic atmosphere just leaves you utterly speechless and the love story leaves you simply breathless. I absolutely fell in love with the couple and with the world Lindsey has created with selkies (some of...
jenryland
jenryland rated it 12 years ago
Ashes on the Waves offers up a heady blend of Gothic atmosphere and Celtic lore, a romantic, brooding tale of a pair of tragic lovers that is also a clever expansion on the Edgar Allan Poe poem "Annabel Lee."Liam has grown up as an outcast on the remote island of Dòchas. An accident at his birth kil...
Me on Books
Me on Books rated it 12 years ago
Liam MacGregor is cursed. Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dòchas, Liam has accepted that things will never get better for him, until a wealthy heiress named Annabel Leighton arrives on the island and Liam’s fate is changed forever. With Anna, L...
The Ninja Reader
The Ninja Reader rated it 12 years ago
Cautiously optimistic.
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