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With the coming of summer, I've been on a bit of a mermaid kick lately. If anyone were to ask me, mermaids are probably one of my favorite mythological beings/creatures, and the lore surrounding them varies wildly from one story to another. After reading and enjoying the first book of this trilogy, I dove into this sequel hoping that the cliffhanger we were left on the last time would be resolved. And while many questions were answered, even more were brought up and left hanging by the end of this installment.

Picking up exactly where "Lost Voices" left off, Luce the girl-turned-mermaid, has been totally abandoned by her tribe, both for her insistence on refusing to kill humans, and for the fact that her singing has become powerful enough that she's now able to command and control water itself. Things turn even more complicated when Dorian--the young man she rescued from a shipwreck--begins trying to get in contact with her. Going against virtually every established rule in mermaid law, Luce and Dorian strike up a starcrossed romance. But as more mermaids discover Luce's secret human lover, and as more of the human government and FBI agents begin investigating the string of sunken ships plaguing the area, Luce will have to make the difficult choice of whether to save her fellow mermaids, or risk everything to try and turn human again....

Despite the story being about mermaids and featuring a young protagonist, this book is NOT for a young audience. It features more than a fair share of death, discussions about murder and abuse, and though the writing and descriptions are vivid in about every aspect when setting a scene, it doesn't shy away from gore, especially towards the end that, once again, leaves off on a cliffhanger.

Thankfully, the "leave the story on a cliffhanger to force the reader to buy the next book" problem that I normally don't like is made up for by the fact that all the main characters are developed even more, especially Luce. Slowly, but surely, her powers grow stronger as she practices more, and her romance with Dorian forces her to have to weigh the pros and cons of being human versus being a mermaid. As such, she holds out the hope that the two worlds she's torn between can somehow be united some day. Dorian is a bit less developed by comparison, but his romance with Luce is interesting (if just a bit sudden--he forgives Luce rather quickly for the death of his family in the previous book). The two desperately try to make it work, and thankfully, Luce doesn't fall into the trap of suddenly needing Dorian for everything or doing everything for him. She still has her own life to live and other responsibilities to take care of.

This is all the more emphasized with the introduction of a new character, Nausicaa--a mermaid who's been around for over 3000 years. With her, we're finally given solid explanations as to where the mermaid laws came from and why; how their magic works, why only girls transform, and if it's even possible for a mermaid to turn human again---details that were left a mystery in the previous book. And when Luce begins to defy all these laws, she makes her share of mistakes and has to own up to them; leading to a dark ending that hammers home the message that all of our actions and all of our choices, good and bad, can have severe consequences in the long run.

With even more character development and world building, this new installment has gotten me even more hooked, and I now can't wait to read the final book to see how this trilogy ends.


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Waking Storms The Lost Voices Trilogy Sarah Porter Books Reviews

Lost Voices submerged us in a world of alluring mermaids with angelic voices; existing as a result of human cruelty. While the fear of being exposed to humans is always an issue, the greatest danger came from among the mermaids themselves. Waking Storms now brings the threat of human discovery to the fore and the boy rescued by Luce is the key.

We resurface to follow Dorian, alive and suffering. He struggles with feelings of hatred and thoughts of revenge for those who killed his family, blaming Luce most for her siren song stuck within him. Our dear Lucette also has a lot on her mind; practicing her newfound ability to move water, pressures to become queen, and her consuming curiosity of the boy with bronzeblond hair. What will happen to her now that she has broken the timahk? Will Dorian reveal what she has done? Who made the rules anyway and what are the true consequences of disobeying them?

In a tale of friendship and enmity, love and hate, trust and betryal, Porter takes us on a deep dive into emotions of every sort. Waking Storms leads us on a current of finding to a drift of losing.This sequel of the hauntingly beautiful series, The Lost Voices Trilogy, will have you on edge at the impending peril and the unknown of what is to come. The storms have arrived; now who will survive?

Maybe the most evil thing about you isn't even that you kill people. It's what you do to the ones who survive.

Porter, Sarah (2012-07-03). Waking Storms (The Lost Voices Trilogy) (p. 29). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Edition.

It's starting, Luce thought, but she barely understood the words. It's starting, it's starting...

Porter, Sarah (2012-07-03). Waking Storms (The Lost Voices Trilogy) (p. 389). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Edition.
The is the second book in the "Lost Voices" trilogy. This review contains spoilers for the first book in the series.

At the end of Lost Voices, Luce had proven herself to be the most powerful singer in her mermaid tribe, so by rights she should be their queen. However, disgusted by the actions of the other mermaids, Luce has chosen instead to live in solitude, far from her former friends. Her isolation isn't total. Dorian, the boy that Luce allowed to live instead of drowning with the rest of his family, is fascinated and obsessed by the mermaids he saw. He and Luce begin meeting in secret, and a forbidden romance blossoms. But Dorian isn't the only human who knows that mermaids exist, and if Luce doesn't end the relationship she risks putting her sisters of the sea in mortal danger.

One of the problems I had with the previous book in this series was that only abused girls become mermaids. Why, I wondered, did this only happen to abused girls - and, since there obviously young women murdered all the time, why don't all of these victims become mermaids? I was pleased that "Waking Storms" fully addressed how and why the mermaid "curse" works, thanks to the appearance of Nausicaa, an ancient mermaid who was among the first to be created by the god Proteus. So that was fantastic. The story has always shown the heavy influence of Greek mythology, but it takes place of the coast of Alaska, so I was really hoping we'd get some Native legends, too. I was delighted when Sedna herself shows up near the end of the novel.

I'm a bit on the fence about the romance between Luce and Dorian. On the one hand, they fall in love *really* fast. On one page, Dorian's ranting about how he wants to kill all the mermaids and get revenge for his family...a few pages later, he's making out with Luce. But, I remind myself, they are teenagers. Luce may be a mermaid now, but she's still only about fourteen or fifteen years old! If their hormones attack as suddenly as Romeo and Juliet's, is that really such a surprise? Toss in the factor of the siren's influence, and it's little wonder that Dorian should become infatuated with Luce. It's a little more mystifying as to what she sees in Dorian - the boy lacks personality and frankly comes across as selfish and petty. But I suppose he is the only guy Luce has seen in months, and if he's good-looking it's probably easy to overlook those personality flaws. Clearly, it's not a good relationship for anyone involved, but as a portrayal of a teenage relationship, it's surprisingly believable.

"Waking Storms" is one of those rare "middle" books that is strong enough to equal or surpass the other books in the trilogy instead of acting as a mere bridge between Act I and Act III. It's a dark story, with graphic descriptions and some very ugly moments, but it's told very well. I can't wait to finish the trilogy when The Twice Lost comes out in July.
With the coming of summer, I've been on a bit of a mermaid kick lately. If anyone were to ask me, mermaids are probably one of my favorite mythological beings/creatures, and the lore surrounding them varies wildly from one story to another. After reading and enjoying the first book of this trilogy, I dove into this sequel hoping that the cliffhanger we were left on the last time would be resolved. And while many questions were answered, even more were brought up and left hanging by the end of this installment.

Picking up exactly where "Lost Voices" left off, Luce the girl-turned-mermaid, has been totally abandoned by her tribe, both for her insistence on refusing to kill humans, and for the fact that her singing has become powerful enough that she's now able to command and control water itself. Things turn even more complicated when Dorian--the young man she rescued from a shipwreck--begins trying to get in contact with her. Going against virtually every established rule in mermaid law, Luce and Dorian strike up a starcrossed romance. But as more mermaids discover Luce's secret human lover, and as more of the human government and FBI agents begin investigating the string of sunken ships plaguing the area, Luce will have to make the difficult choice of whether to save her fellow mermaids, or risk everything to try and turn human again....

Despite the story being about mermaids and featuring a young protagonist, this book is NOT for a young audience. It features more than a fair share of death, discussions about murder and abuse, and though the writing and descriptions are vivid in about every aspect when setting a scene, it doesn't shy away from gore, especially towards the end that, once again, leaves off on a cliffhanger.

Thankfully, the "leave the story on a cliffhanger to force the reader to buy the next book" problem that I normally don't like is made up for by the fact that all the main characters are developed even more, especially Luce. Slowly, but surely, her powers grow stronger as she practices more, and her romance with Dorian forces her to have to weigh the pros and cons of being human versus being a mermaid. As such, she holds out the hope that the two worlds she's torn between can somehow be united some day. Dorian is a bit less developed by comparison, but his romance with Luce is interesting (if just a bit sudden--he forgives Luce rather quickly for the death of his family in the previous book). The two desperately try to make it work, and thankfully, Luce doesn't fall into the trap of suddenly needing Dorian for everything or doing everything for him. She still has her own life to live and other responsibilities to take care of.

This is all the more emphasized with the introduction of a new character, Nausicaa--a mermaid who's been around for over 3000 years. With her, we're finally given solid explanations as to where the mermaid laws came from and why; how their magic works, why only girls transform, and if it's even possible for a mermaid to turn human again---details that were left a mystery in the previous book. And when Luce begins to defy all these laws, she makes her share of mistakes and has to own up to them; leading to a dark ending that hammers home the message that all of our actions and all of our choices, good and bad, can have severe consequences in the long run.

With even more character development and world building, this new installment has gotten me even more hooked, and I now can't wait to read the final book to see how this trilogy ends.