Lies Beneath
by Anne Greenwood Brown
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
by Anne Greenwood Brown
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
June 2012
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, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough — especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistible good looks and charm on unsuspecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily — just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.
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, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough — especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistible good looks and charm on unsuspecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily — just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.
Sounds like an interesting twist on the mermaid stories. Thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeleteI love mermaid stories - don't know why. I'm excited that there's so many coming out this year.
ReplyDeleteI've never read a mermaid-ish story but like someone already said, there seems to be a lot coming out this year. Lies Beneath sounds great, along with Vicious Deep & Of Poseidon--I have so many books to read! D:
ReplyDeleteHere's my Waiting on Wednesday :)
I'm reading Of Poseidon right now and it is sooooo good.
DeleteHi! My first on your blog, Nice! And great pick, this book sounds really interesting, I recently read Tangled tides and it was awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to start that series!
DeleteThis is a mermaid story I haven't heard of yet! But it does sound interesting! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
ReplyDeleteCourtney @ Fuzzy.Coffee.Books <--My WoW!
I'm not really a mermaid person at all, but Lies Beneath sounds intense! Which intrigues me :)
ReplyDeleteTara @ Hobbitsies
Oh man, I was scarred by Ripple, which is a Siren YA. Maybe a mermaid book will help heal the wounds? But I might side with Poseidon first... will have to wait for your review!
ReplyDeleteYikes! I liked Lost Voices - about some murderous teen girl mermaids. Lies Beneath sounds a little bit along those lines.
DeleteThanks for the suggestion! I am going to go check it out on Good Reads this moment :-)
DeleteI loved this book :) I really hope you'll enjoy it once you get a chance to read it!
ReplyDeleteClaire Reads WoW
Thanks!
Delete