Ripple
by:
Mandy Hubbard (author)
A siren must choose between the curse that defines her and a chance at loveLexi is cursed. Following in the footsteps of every woman on her mother's side of the family, she's a siren whose song lures unsuspecting victims to their watery deaths. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager,...
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A siren must choose between the curse that defines her and a chance at loveLexi is cursed. Following in the footsteps of every woman on her mother's side of the family, she's a siren whose song lures unsuspecting victims to their watery deaths. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim to stay alive. Lexi wants desperately to be a normal girl, but she cuts herself off, becoming an ice queen to keep from hurting the people she cares about. Then she finds herself caught between a new boy at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior and a handsome water spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi is faced with the hardest decision of her life. Will she learn that love finds a way to overcome even the strongest of curses?Ripple is a sea-ravaged tale of melancholy beauty, and the choices one girl makes between land and waves, love and freedom, her future--and her heart.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781595145079 (1595145079)
Publish date: June 14th 2012
Publisher: Razorbill
Pages no: 260
Edition language: English
A siren must choose between the curse that defines her and a chance at love. Lexi is cursed. Following in the footsteps of every woman on her mother's side of the family, she's a siren whose song lures unsuspecting victims to their watery deaths. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, a...
Oh "Ripple", you had such potential. If you read the blurb for this book, you think this book is going to be a dark tale about a mermaid that just cannot keep from killing harmless people, particularly those she lets herself love. I should have known better than to think the emphasis would be on the...
Like always, Mandy Hubbard never fails to impress me! Review to come.
Really a 3.5, but GR doesn't have the half stars yet.
I really, really liked this book. It wasn't what I was expecting, but I was glad that it had the depth it did. I thought for the most part the story was beautifully written. Hubbard was able to make me feel for Lexi and her struggles. I rooted for her and Cole. However, there were some things t...