Name -A Song Below Water
Pages -269
Author -Bethany C. Morrow
Publisher -Macmillan-Tom Doherty Associates (Tor/Forge)
Genre -Urban Fantasy, Teens & YA
Rating -5/5Source -NetGalley
ISBN -9781250315328
Review no. -21
Synopsis -
Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today’s readers — a captivating modern fantasy about black mermaids, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism.
In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers.
Meanwhile, Effie is fighting her own family struggles, pitted against literal demons from her past. Together, these best friends must navigate through the perils of high school’s junior year.
But everything changes in the aftermath of a siren murder trial that rocks the nation, and Tavia accidentally lets out her magical voice at the worst possible moment.
Soon, nothing in Portland, Oregon, seems safe. To save themselves from drowning, it’s only Tavia and Effie’s unbreakable sisterhood that proves to be the strongest magic of all.
Review -
First of all, I must say, the cover of this book is awesome and goes along with the title and the story of the book.
The story is about two sisters- Tavia and Effie (Euphemia). Tavia is a black siren who is taught by her family to hide the power of her voice as sirens are feared, discriminated and locked away in the society. Effie has lots of questions about herself and about her biological family as her mother passes away and her grandparents leave her to live with Tavia's family. Also, a tragic incident from her past keeps haunting her.
The story is set in Portland, where normal people live alongside mystical creatures like sirens, elokos, sprites, gargoyles etc. The world-building is wonderful which makes it a perfect YA Urban Fantasy novel. The character-building in the books made me feel as if I was in the characters' shoes. The story is told from both Tavia and Effie's perpective alternatively. The pacing is perfect except some spots where I found them slow.
But I think that was because there where so many things going on that the story needed to slow down in order to let the reader understand the story without any confusion. The story is full of twists and turns, especially the second half.
Overall, this book is the right mix of Urban Fantasy with strong and subtle themes such as #myvoicemypower, sexism, racism, discrimination and other common themes such as family and relationships, teenage drama etc.
This book has secured the spot as one of my favorite books. So, I highly recommend it to everybody, no matter what their favorite genre is.
I sincerely thank Macmillian-Tor/Forge for giving me this wonderful opportunity to read and review this amazing book.
The story is about two sisters- Tavia and Effie (Euphemia). Tavia is a black siren who is taught by her family to hide the power of her voice as sirens are feared, discriminated and locked away in the society. Effie has lots of questions about herself and about her biological family as her mother passes away and her grandparents leave her to live with Tavia's family. Also, a tragic incident from her past keeps haunting her.
The story is set in Portland, where normal people live alongside mystical creatures like sirens, elokos, sprites, gargoyles etc. The world-building is wonderful which makes it a perfect YA Urban Fantasy novel. The character-building in the books made me feel as if I was in the characters' shoes. The story is told from both Tavia and Effie's perpective alternatively. The pacing is perfect except some spots where I found them slow.
But I think that was because there where so many things going on that the story needed to slow down in order to let the reader understand the story without any confusion. The story is full of twists and turns, especially the second half.
Overall, this book is the right mix of Urban Fantasy with strong and subtle themes such as #myvoicemypower, sexism, racism, discrimination and other common themes such as family and relationships, teenage drama etc.
This book has secured the spot as one of my favorite books. So, I highly recommend it to everybody, no matter what their favorite genre is.
I sincerely thank Macmillian-Tor/Forge for giving me this wonderful opportunity to read and review this amazing book.
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