Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. With the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song, this standout YA contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, is the first in a planned trilogy.

But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.ĭespite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.

Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…īuy the book: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop With the help of a mysterious young man named Shin-as well as a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits-Mina sets out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all.īut she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina seeks out the Sea God, only to find him caught in an enchanted sleep. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead.

But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village-and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon-may be the legendary true bride. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations.

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