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Shining Sea by Mimi Cross
Published by Skyscape on May 24th 2016
Pages: 422
Format: Paperback
Source: Skyscape
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Falling in love shouldn’t feel like drowning.
Seventeen-year-old Arion Rush has always played the obedient sidekick to her older sister’s flashy femme fatale—until a mysterious boating accident leaves Lilah a silent, traumatized stranger. As her sister awaits medical treatment with their mother, Arion and her father head to his hometown in Maine to prepare a new life for them all. Surrounded by the vast Atlantic, she finds solace in songwriting, her only solid ground.
Unexpectedly, Arion blossoms in the tiny coastal town. Friends flock to her, and Logan Delaine, a volatile heartthrob, seems downright smitten. But it’s Bo Summers—a solitary surfer, as alluring as he is aloof—that Arion can’t shake. Meanwhile, Lilah’s worsening condition, a string of local fatalities, and Arion’s own recent brushes with death seem ominously linked…to Bo’s otherworldly family. As Arion’s feelings for Bo intensify and his affections turn possessive, she must make a choice. How will Arion learn to listen to her own voice when Bo’s siren song won’t stop ringing in her ears?

“Shining Sea” by Mimi Cross is extremely enjoyable. This story really got to me. Arion is a great character. There are items that I really liked Ario and other times I wanted to shake some sense into her. Cross’ writing really shows in this book. I think her writing is beautiful and very poetic.