Author: Nichola Reilly
Genre: YA Fantasy
Source: Provided for tour in exchange for honest review
Book Summary:
Coe is one of the few remaining teenagers on the island of Tides. Deformed and weak, she is constantly reminded that in a world where dry land dwindles at every high tide, she is not welcome. The only bright spot in her harsh and difficult life is the strong, capable Tiam—but love has long ago been forgotten by her society.The only priority is survival.
Until the day their King falls ill, leaving no male heir to take his place. Unrest grows, and for reasons Coe cannot comprehend, she is invited into the privileged circle of royal aides. She soon learns that the dying royal is keeping a secret that will change their world forever.
Is there an escape from the horrific nightmare that their island home has become?
Coe must race to find the answers and save the people she cares about, before their world and everything they know is lost to the waters.
*The Reader’s Review*
would be storms that would make the ocean on our East meet the bay on our West,
so I’ve always had enormous respect for the power of the ocean. Now, I live in
Pennsylvania, but I make it to the shore as much as I can. I guess you can say
the ocean has a big hold over me—there is nothing I miss more than the smell of
the ocean breeze as it floats in the windows at night.
ocean, and I kept thinking a group of survivors who lived on an island, and
twice a day, whenever the tide rolled in, they were forced to squeeze together
on the only dry land—a small platform that only got smaller as the days dragged
on. The survivors would each be given a spot on the platform based on their
“worth” to society—the more important people would be safer, in the center,
where the dregs would be at the very edge. Weak and deformed Coe, the main
character, is still a child, so she’s in the center, but when she turns 16, an
adult, she is destined to be cast out to the edge.
this small group of 496 survivors. But they’re not rebuilding their world—they
can’t. Land is constantly eroding. I’ve always been haunted by that last line
of T.S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men, “This is the way the world ends/Not with a
bang but a whimper.” And for these people,
that’s it. Life is slowly fading away, like the last embers of a fire that’s
been stamped out.
introduce one bright spot to the world, one ray of hope. Coe may, on the
surface, be weak and pathetic. But she is strong in other, hidden ways. She is
obsessed with fairy tales, since that’s the only remaining book on the island,
and the one she reads constantly. No one else can read, so she is the only one
who believes in these fantasies of love and heroism and loyalty and happily
ever after. She is hopeful.
characters—the fight for survival has worn many of them down, driving them mad
or bloodthirsty. But perhaps Coe has the power to convince others that all is
not lost, which would make her the most valuable person of all.
About Cyn Balog:
Cyn Balog is a normal, everyday Jersey Girl who always believed magical things can happen to us when we least expect them.She is author of young adult paranormal novels; FAIRY TALE (2009), SLEEPLESS (2010), STARSTRUCK (2011), TOUCHED (2012), and her most recent release: DEAD RIVER (2013).e.
She lives outside Allentown, Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters.She also writes under the pen name Nichola Reilly.
Nichola Reilly is Cyn Balog’s post-apocalyptic fantasy-writing alter-ego. The first book in her series, DROWNED, will be releasing from Harlequin TEEN sometime in 2014, followed by a sequel, BURIED, in 2015.
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Thank you so much, Melissa. You always do such a fantastic job and I am always so pleased that you love the books. You are my number one! xx
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You always promote such great books, Amy! You're MY number one blog tour organizer. 😉 <3
Awe this post gave me goosebumps! I need to get my hands on this book 🙂 Wow I am completely intrigued. Great Review Melissa and awesome guest post. I wish I could enter this giveaway!!
Chanzie @ Mean Who You Are.
You must! Gosh I loved it so. I'm just afraid people won't give it a chance because of how different and limited Coe seems to be at first. She's not. She's fantastic. 🙂