This one was recommended to me by the president of my school’s book club last year, and it was an interesting retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Annabel Lee.

I read this one a little over a month ago, and I loved the small-town mystery and sirens. What else could you possibly want in this kind of book? Pirates, sirens, and a certain powerful, teenage pirate captain. Mystery, witches, and disappearances in a coastal town in 1913.ĭaughter of the Pirate King, Tricia Levenseller Book Title/Author: Ashes On The Waves by Mary Lindsey Publisher/Year: Penguin June 2013 Genre: YA Paranormal Series: No Other Books From Author: Shattered Souls Amazon Goodreads Twitter I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Here’s a story set by the sea, in the island town of…wait for it…By-the-Sea.įear the Drowning Deep, Sarah Glenn Marsh Share your top 5 books of the current topic– these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and hated, you can do it any way you want.Today’s topic is books set by or near the sea.Ħ/20/20 - Books You’d Give a Second ChanceĦ/27/20 - Books with Morally Grey Characters Rules! I loved this tragic, romantic story.Time for another Top 5 Saturday! This was originally started by Devouring Books, and it sounded like such a fun post to take part in. an extraordinary read that left me breathlessat every turn -Sophie Jordan, 'New York Times' bestselling author of 'Firelight' Mary Lindsey, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, has created a haunting, mystical world. Perfect for fans of Lauren Kate's 'Fallen' series, Kendra Blake's 'Anna Dressed in Blood, 'and Kelly Creagh's 'Nevermore.' Praise for ASHES ON THE WAVES Achingly beautiful anddarkly sensuous. Frustrated, the creatures put the couple through one last trial and this time it s not only their love that s in danger of being destroyed.Based on Edgar Allan Poe s chilling poem 'Annabel Lee, ' with references to many of his other poems including 'The Raven,' Mary Lindsey creates a frighteningly beautiful gothic novel that glorifies the power of true love. But the tragedies draw Liam and Anna even closer. They make a wager on the couple s love, testing its strength through a series of cruel obstacles. Right from page one, Ashes on the Waves delivers a strong and creepy atmosphere that consumes this world with darkness and curses. This is easily one of the best books I have ever read.

Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dochas, 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, Liam finally finds the happiness he has always been denied, but the violent, mythical Otherworlders, who inhabit the island and the sea around it, have other plans. Ashes on the Waves is a powerful and chilling read that haunted me late into the night and had me on the edge of my seat. Asexy gothic romance based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'Annabel Lee' Liam MacGregor is cursed.

Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey