Language: R (68 swears 33 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (implied sex and underage drinking); Violence: PG-13 (bloody death)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
19yo Emory heads back to Aldryn College for her sophomore year. She’s still reeling from watching her classmates drown last spring,in the Dovermere Cave, as the tide rushed in. Baz likes his solitude; he is the older brother of Romey, who is Emory’s deceased best friend and one of the eight drowned classmates. She ventures to the cove and sees several classmates around a bonfire. All of them see the body of one of the drowned classmates float onto the beach but he isn’t dead; he’s breathing and starts to seize. Emory tries to save him and does more than her magic should allow. Baz is watching and realizes she’s a tidecaller; a person who can perform all types of magic and he realizes Emory has no idea what power she holds.
The alternating points of view brought more to the story since we learned Emory’s perspective and Baz’ too. Beautiful descriptions of the settings throughout the story. The character development is done well.
Ethnicity is predominantly white with side characters who have umber skin and tawny brown skin.
Ethnicity is predominantly white with side characters who have umber skin and tawny brown skin.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian
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