I struggled a little with the opening of this one. My only complaint would be that the development between Cam and Tessa and the time they spent together could so have turned this into a longer story because I'm sure I'd have loved being on that part of their journey with them. There is sadness and heartache, and hope, and yearning, and desire, and love, and the added fantastical element written in a way that gives this an almost fairy tale/dreamlike persona. After all, how can a group review cover different authors. Thought I'd make my way through one story at a time as it's always best to do with anthologies. Some love, though, once born, cannot be undone, even in the face of death. When she meets one of the pink ones, a curious boy named Wyatt, their friendship blooms into a love that can exist only upon the sands that divide his solid ground from her underwater paradise. It's a treasure she cannot claim without great sacrifice or true love.Ī water sprite, lives a solitary existence as she struggles to understand the strange world beyond her waters.

What waits for her is more than a captured lobster. With one last opportunity before she must concede, she sneaks off for a final dive to her hidden crate at the bottom of the seabed. Should Miki choose to wed the local wealthy boy she doesn't love, her stomach will stop grumbling. Instead, it may be Otis himself who hooks the Siren. Given one last chance to deliver Otis to Davy Jones' locker, Circe takes to land to waylay the handsome captain. His ship, the Calypso, has avoided disaster each time Circe set her sights on him. Not Otis, the best halibut fisherman in the Alaskan waters. Under Poseidon's rule, Circe is the most destructive siren in the Pacific ocean, her songs luring ships and their crew to their watery graves.

The only problem? Summer is once again coming to an end, and this time, Tessa will have to decide whether to choose life with Cameron or to never see him again. Cameron, though, reappears and ignites a relationship that's far more intense than ever before. She doesn't expect to see her first summer crush from seven years before. After a terrible accident, Tessa returns to her family beach house to heal.

Tidal Whispers by Jocelyn Adams