Ripple

Ripple by Mandy Hubbard

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. The water calls to her, draws her in, forces her to sing her deadly song to unsuspecting victims. If she succumbs, she kills. If she doesn't, the pain in unbearable. To keep herself and those she cars about safe, she shuts herself off, refusing to make friends or fall in love - again. Because the last time she fell in love with a boy, he ended up dead.

Then Lexi finds herself torn. Against her better judgement, she's opening up again, falling in love with someone new when she knows she shouldn't. But when she's offered the chance to finally live a normal life, she learns that the price she must pay to be free of her curse is giving him up.

I bought this book on an impulse because it had a pretty cover, and Halo was taking too long to come from Amazon. So, I bought it, and within 3 days, it showed up. Happy face already.
(just as a side note, the cover is AWESOME!!!!! :D)

I started reading it pretty much straight away, and before I knew it, I'd finished it in 3 hours. Which is quite impressive, even for me. Granted, the book is fairly short, but it's the kind of book where you want to read it slowly, luxuriously, and savour all the detail and action.

Lexi is the kind of heroine I love. Tormented by her past, she shuts herself off from everyone because she wants to keep them safe, when really she wants to be the queen bee again. And she isn't all perfect. She's gullible, naive, makes really bad decisions a lot of the time, and expects everyone to believe she's a siren without them judging her. She's possessive when she has no right to be, and gets involved with wayyy too many boys at once. But she's easy to empathise with because that's what every normal teenage girl is really.

I think that's what makes this book deserve the five stars. Mandy Hubbard draws the reader in and the story flows excellently. Even the supernatural twist is one I haven't come across before. Vamps, Wolves, Angels yeah, but...... mermaids? Not even good mermaids, bad sirens. She invents her own world without making it unbelievable.

So, all in all, good book :)



View all my reviews