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Lies We Sing to the Sea
- Author
- Sarah Underwood
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 16 March 2023
- Run Time
- 13 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Mythic fantasy / Mythic fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children's / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children's / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
A fantasy romance, by dazzling new talent Sarah Underwood, inspired by Greek mythology and the tale of Penelope’s twelve hanged maids.
‘A lavish epic of power, vengeance, love and fate.’
YA Book of the Month in The Observer (2/4/2023)
‘A lovely, lyrical fantasy which takes the fate of the hanged maids of the Odyssey and weaves something brand new. A story overflowing with emotion and full of magic.’
Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne and Elektra
In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of twelve maidens, a gift to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a long-forgotten island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that there’s only one way the curse can be broken. Leto must kill the last prince of Ithaca . . .
In Lies We Sing to the Sea, debut author Sarah Underwood delivers a thrilling and breathtaking tale that will enthral readers from the very first page as they are transported to the cursed shores of Ithaca.
A reclamation of a story from thousands of years ago, Lies We Sing to the Sea is about love and fate, grief and sacrifice, and, ultimately, the power we must find within.
‘Gorgeous, tragic, and timeless, Underwood’s LIES WE SING TO THE SEA makes an age-old story feel new again. This is Greek tragedy at its best: sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in characterization. This book will break your heart.’ – Grace Li Sunday Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief
Critics Review
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Review for Lies We Sing to the Sea
‘A lavish epic of power, vengeance, love and fate.’
YA Book of the Month in The Observer (2/4/2023)
‘A lovely, lyrical fantasy which takes the fate of the hanged maids of the Odyssey and weaves something brand new. A story overflowing with emotion and full of magic.’
Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne and Elektra
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Underwood
- Narrator
- Saffron Coomber, Ioanna Kimbook, Sebastian Humphreys
- Duration
- 13 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 March 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008518103
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Mythic fantasy / Mythic fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children's / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children's / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
A fantasy romance, by dazzling new talent Sarah Underwood, inspired by Greek mythology and the tale of Penelope’s twelve hanged maids. ‘Gorgeous, tragic, and timeless, Underwood’s LIES WE SING TO THE SEA makes an age-old story feel new again. This is Greek tragedy at its best: sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in characterization. This book will break your heart.’ – Grace Li Sunday Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of twelve maidens, a gift to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a long-forgotten island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that there’s only one way the curse can be broken. Leto must kill the last prince of Ithaca . . . In Lies We Sing to the Sea, debut author Sarah Underwood delivers a thrilling and breathtaking tale that will enthral readers from the very first page as they are transported to the cursed shores of Ithaca. A reclamation of a story from thousands of years ago, Lies We Sing to the Sea is about love and fate, grief and sacrifice, and, ultimately, the power we must find within.
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