Curious Tides
Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle is a reprint edition published by Simon and Schuster, set to release in October 2024. This 560-page book is written in English and delves into the life of Emory, a student at Aldryn College for Lunar Magics. After a tragic incident in the Dovermere sea caves leaves her classmates dead, Emory discovers she possesses strange powers that challenge her identity as a healer. As she navigates the complexities of her new abilities, she becomes embroiled in the mysteries surrounding a secret society linked to her classmates’ deaths.
Readers will find a blend of young adult fiction, dark fantasy, and elements of romance woven throughout the narrative. Emory’s quest for truth leads her to Baz, a reclusive student with his own ties to the tragedy. Together, they confront the darker aspects of magic and the cult-like society that may hold the key to the drownings. As the story unfolds, the stakes rise when the supposedly drowned students begin to reappear, only to meet grim fates. Curious Tides explores themes of power, privilege, and the search for answers in a world where magic can be both a gift and a curse.
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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.
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