Tidespeaker
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- 9,99 €
Publisher Description
'Luscious gothic vibes, twisty mystery and gorgeous forbidden romance all at once—Tidespeaker swept me away from the very first page ... A hauntingly vivid debut.' Kika Hatzopoulou, bestselling author of Threads That Bind
A salt-tinged Gothic fantasy romance for fans of A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig.
Corith Fraine has the power to control water with her words.
Corith has spent much of her life in an elite magic institution, training to serve one of the realm’s noble households. When she secures a post with House Shearwater, an aristocratic family living on a wave-battered island, she feels honoured. Until she discovers that her predecessor drowned in mysterious circumstances.
To avoid the same fate, Corith must harness the wild, unforgiving tides and cater to the whims of the enigmatic Shearwater siblings. But as she starts to unravel their secrets, she finds herself drawn to the brooding youngest brother, Llir.
With her loyalties pushed to breaking point, these treacherous waters may just pull Corith under…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this tense and atmospheric fantasy novel, humans gifted with elemental abilities, called Orha, are subjugated and forced to use their powers in service of nobility. As a Floodmouth, 18-year-old Corith Fraine can communicate with and control water. After graduating from the grueling Arbenhaw institution, a school for Orha, Corith is employed by the noble House Shearwater, replacing Zennia, the Shearwaters' previous Floodmouth and Corith's former roommate, who died in a mysterious accident. Upon arriving at the Shearwaters' remote island estate, Corith is thrust into an unfamiliar world of treacherous political maneuvering, luxurious decadence, and dark secrets. As she investigates Zennia's death, Corith becomes involved with a pro-Orha activist group, collecting blackmail material about the Shearwaters and sabotaging their defenses against Orha magic on the group's behalf. The deeper she dives into her inquiry, covert rebellion, and Floodmouth duties, the more strained her competing loyalties become, especially as she finds herself falling for one of her employers. In a debut that tackles themes of exploitation and privilege, Turner conjures a world of vivid elemental magic and shadowy intrigue with simmering romantic undertones, culminating in an attention-grabbing duology opener. The protagonists cue as white. Ages 12–up.
