Curious Tides

By Pascale Lacelle

Book Overview

Two starred reviews
"A marvel in atmosphere." --Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

Ninth House meets A Deadly Education in this gorgeous dark academia fantasy "that will capture readers like a rip current" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) following a teen mage who must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates' deaths.

Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best--until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should possess.

Powers that would ruin her life if the wrong person were to discover them.

To gain control of these new abilities, Emory enlists the help of the school's most reclusive student, Baz--a boy already well-versed in the deadly nature of darker magic, whose sister happened to be one of the drowned students and Emory's best friend. Determined to find the truth behind the drownings and the cult-like secret society she's convinced her classmates were involved in, Emory is faced with even more questions when the supposedly drowned students start washing ashore--alive--only for them each immediately to die horrible, magical deaths.

And Emory is not the only one seeking answers. When her new magic captures the society's attention, she finds herself drawn into their world of privilege and power, all while wondering if the truth she's searching for might lead her right back to Dovermere...to face the fate she was never meant to escape.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1665939273
• ISBN13: 9781665939270
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Eclipse Magic is the best!

Interesting magic system in this story. Dependent on the moon you are born under, with those being eclipse born, deemed usually dangerous and need to be watched in case of collapse. I admit that I kind of liked Baz's chapters better than Emory but their paths to find the truth about sister and friend, Romy after the Dovermere tragedy were cool, from secret societies looking to gain all the power, to hidden truths and lies about the past and I enjoyed the journey. Not really a fan of the love triangle, mostly because I had a feeling how it would turn out and I was right. Besides I knew which guy was definitely better for Emory. I also enjoyed the bits from the Song of the Drowned Gods, which were nicely tantalizing about the truth of magic, especially that of the Tidecallers, and how worlds are connected. It led up to a very exciting conclusion and now I really need to read the second book to find out what is going to happen with Baz and Emory and their friends, especially if the truth gets out!