Wake - Amanda Hocking

Even over the sea, Thea could smell the blood on her. When she breathed in, it filled her with a familiar hunger that haunted her dreams. Except now it disgusted her, leaving a horrible taste in her mouth, because she knew where it came from. “Is it done?” she asked. She stood on the rocky shore, staring over the sea, her back to her sister.

Wake focuses on easy going teenager Gemma. She lives with her father and overbearing older sister Harper. Gemma splits the majority of her time between swim training and school. The open water calls to Gemma, any free time she has is spent swimming in the sea, especially night swims when the cove is quiet and peaceful. Harper is about to head off to college with her best friend (and neighbour) Alex, whom Gemma starts to take an interest in. On the outside, life appears to be moving along for all of them as planned.

Over the summer break three strange and secretive girls turn up in town. They make Harper and Gemma’s skin crawl and Gemma seems to keep bumping into them all over town.  One night Gemma goes swimming on her own when she sees Lexi, Penn and Thea on the shore in the cove. Lexi calls her over and Gemma spends the night with them. The following morning she wakes, bruised from head to toe, on the beach. Wake is the first book of the watersong series and is all about Gemma getting to know Lexi, Penn and Thea, while also coming to terms with what they have done to her.

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