Break Wide the Sea
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- 105,00 kr
Publisher Description
In New York Times bestselling author Sara Holland's new novel, Break Wide the Sea, a young woman cursed with a fatal heartbreak-induced sickness must race against time to find a cure and protect her family legacy from the ancient finfolk that would destroy it, the fiancé that would kill her for it, and the boy who would love her if she forsook it.
In the treacherous waters surrounding Kirkrell, sailors hunting magic whales live in fear of the finfolk--bloodthirsty sea fae who sink ships and curse bloodlines. Nineteen-year-old Annie, as heir to the city's preeminent whaling company, is determined to carry on her parents' life's work. But she keeps a secret from everyone: she's cursed to transform into a monster, with scales spreading up her arms and claws growing from her fingertips.
Her fiancé August offers comfort, but their love falls apart when Annie discovers his plan to take over the company. Desperate, Annie makes a deal with Silas Price, a young captain rumored to be half-finfolk. He says he knows how to break the curse – but only if Annie promises to stop the practice of whaling forever.
As Annie, August and Silas sail north, Annie wrestling with her family's legacy, the threat of the finfolk and August's ambitions increasingly force her to put her trust in Silas. Yet Silas has secrets of his own, and they might be the most dangerous of all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Because of a finfolk curse placed upon her human family, 19-year-old Annie Fairfax is slowly transforming into a monstrous creature. As a child, Annie believed she had no reason to fear the curse, which dictates that if she suffers heartbreak, she'll turn into a bloodthirsty entity. Then Annie narrowly escapes a shipwreck that kills her parents, an incident purportedly perpetrated by the finfolk that terrorize the whaling ships of her coastal village, Kirkrell. Now the head of her father's whaling company, Annie grapples with the terrifying reality that her worsening heartache has caused her monstrous traits to emerge. When disgraced captain Silas Price, half human and half finfolk, warns Annie that her human betrothed, August Hargreave, is plotting her murder, she becomes more desperate to break the curse. But only finfolk can undo the enchantment, forcing Annie to jeopardize her company, risk her heart, and trust in Silas. Sea-swept horror and folklore elements fuse into a pulse-pounding parable of gender, love, and power. Holland (Phoenix Flame) cloaks the tightly woven plot in murky, ominous atmosphere, a stormy backdrop against which a titillating love triangle of intricately rendered white-cued characters grapple with their worst fears. Ages 13–up.
