Ripple
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4.4 • 86 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable. She is a siren - a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths. After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to protect the ones she loves. But she soon 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 she's ever had to make: the life she's always longed for - or the love she can't live without?
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
Unexpected!
This book was truly the most different book I have ever read. It's about a Siren! I read about Vamps, witches&wizards, and other mythical creatures. But this, this book is different. It was so much fun to read! The words were so beautiful written! HUGE FREGGIN TWIST IN THE END YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE!! I loved this book! It makes me wanna go search more books on this topic! Read it! It's amazing(:
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