Lies Beneath
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance
3.6
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Anne Greenwood Brown
Fans of Amanda Hocking's novel, Wake, will dive into this paranormal romance featuring mermaids--the killer kind--and won't come up for air! Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans and absorb their positive energy. Usually, they select their victims at random, but this time around, the underwater clan chooses its target for a reason: revenge. They want to kill Jason Hancock, the man they blame for their mother's death. It's going to take a concerted effort to lure the aquaphobic Hancock onto the water. Calder's job is to gain Hancock's trust by getting close to his family. Relying on his irresistible good looks and charm, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter Lily. Easy enough, but Calder screws everything up by falling in love--just as Lily starts to suspect there's more to the monster-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined, and just as the mermaids threaten to take matters into their own hands, forcing Calder to choose between them and the girl he loves. One thing's for sure: whatever Calder decides, the outcome won't be pretty. "Riveting! A cold-blooded tale of secrets, revenge, and forbidden love that will leave you terrified to go in the water."--Gretchen McNeil, author of Possess "Scary and spooky . . . I really enjoyed reading this."--USA Today “A haunting tale of revenge and romance.”--Justine Magazine From the Hardcover edition.
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Author
Anne Greenwood Brown
Pages
306
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Published Date
2012
ISBN
0385742010 9780385742016
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"I realized there were additional books in this series recently, so I decided to re-read 'Lies Beneath' prior to reading the rest of the series. <br/>I know it's been several years since I first read it, but I remember really liking this book. This time around, oh boy. It was an experience.<br/>I don't know if it's because I'm reading this book from an adult's perspective this time around, or if the audio book version had anything to do with it, but boy was this book much more dramatic then it needed to be.<br/>It also probably didn't help that one of the blurbs on the third book basically compared this to Twilight but from a merman Edward and I was like, "Oh my god! What have I gotten myself into?!" So I had that on the brain while reading it.<br/><br/>I did love the setting (you give me a small town setting and/or a beach with a mermaid history and I'm golden), and the mythology of the mer-folk....but the main characters and relationships? Not so much this time around? But I'll read the rest of the series and see how those compare instead."