![]() ![]() ![]() Since the sirens came to town, four teenage boys have gone missing - a situation that in most worlds, fictional or otherwise, would have a small town on lockdown. But in “Wake,” the siren’s song works equally well on women as it does on men, enticing not only sailors but also swimmers such as Gemma who enjoy wading into the ocean at night. In classic mythology, sirens lure mariners to their death with seductive singing. ![]() “Wake” tells of 16-year-old Gemma, an aspiring Olympic swimmer duped into becoming a siren, or sea nymph. The 27-year-old is the rare example of an author who has found amazing success through various e-book retailers where, since 2010, she’s sold more than a million copies of her nine novels, optioned three of them for film and landed a $2-million publishing contract for a four-book series for young adults, the first of which is “Wake.”Īs with her first self-published title, “My Blood Approves,” about a vampire love triangle, and her bestselling “Trylle Trilogy,” featuring beautiful trolls, the first book in the new Watersong series continues to bend classic mythologies into new paranormal story lines that have been transposed onto modern times. ![]() Martin’s: 320 pp., $17.99, ages 12 and upĪmanda Hocking is self-publishing’s poster child. ![]()
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