Ripple
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4.4 • 85 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A sea-ravaged tale of melancholic beauty and the choices one girl makes between land and waves, love and freedom, her future . . . and her heart.
Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. The water calls to her, draws her in, forces her to sing her deadly song to unsuspecting victims. If she succumbs, she kills. If she doesn’t, the pain is unbearable. To keep herself and those she cares about safe, she shuts herself off, refusing to make friends or fall in love—again. Because the last time she fell in love with a boy, he ended up dead.
Then Lexi finds herself torn. Against her better judgment, she’s opening up again, falling in love with someone new when she knows she shouldn’t. But when she’s offered the chance to finally live a normal life, she learns that the price she must pay to be free of her curse is giving him up.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two years ago, 16-year-old Lexi killed Steven, the first boy she ever loved. While everyone believes his drowning was an accident, Lexi can't risk letting anyone get close again, for fear the same thing could happen: every night, Lexi is compelled to go swimming and produce a spellbinding song that lures men to their deaths. Alienated from her former friends ever since Steven's death, Lexi starts her senior year aching for the life she used to know, with only her grandmother for companionship. When Steven's best friend Cole breaks through Lexi's "ice-queen" facade, she decides to take a risk and carefully grasp at the chance of romance. But a mysterious new student with knowledge about Lexi is about to cause some major complications. Hubbard (You Wish) sticks to a familiar formula, quickly establishing her paranormal hook, as well as the prospect of a love triangle for Lexi, but she nicely conveys the heartache, confusion, and conflicts of high school, while providing readers with insights into self-determination and finding the difference between what you are and who you are. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
First!
Just finished reading it and I've got to say, I LOVED it and I LOVED Mandy's style of writing. Total page turner and I was so sad once I was done reading it. :( Loved the ending too! So worth the money.
Made me a reader
I used to hate reading. I got bored so I bought this book. Best decision ever. I loved it so much i read it in less than a day. This is probably the best book I've ever read. It turned me into a reader
Ripple
I read almost halfway through the book, and I had already found it interesting. Although it has a few "corny/cheesy" parts, it has a good story plot. If anyone has read or enjoyed anything like Halo and all sorts of books about supernatural beings and their love story, I'm sure they'll love this book...