When Oceans Rise

Name: When Oceans Rise
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Robin Alvarez
ISBN: 9798988687900

Author: Robin Alvarez

Narrator: Jennifer Aquino

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tides Collide Publishing

Published: 12/19/2023

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis

Submerged in a toxic relationship and disconnected from everyone, she turns to the sea to decide her fate. Its decision? Toss her to the sea witch.Seventeen-year-old Malaya is cursed. In her family, every girl’s first love ends in death after falling for someone evil. Good thing Malaya’s dream guy isn’t monstrous.Except the curse is real and preventing Malaya from noticing how much he has gaslit and isolated her until she can’t be saved. With no other options, the sea witch is the only one to help her.Bartering her voice for a new life where she and her abusive boyfriend never met, Malaya accidentally swaps places with an alternate timeline version of herself who didn't made her mistakes. As she tries to undo the switch, the sea witch uses Malaya’s voice to unleash Filipino mythological creatures into the worlds.Can a champion, an alternate timeline sister, and Malaya fight these beasts and stop the sea witch before she destroys both timelines?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on January 22, 2023

This is my book!!! Yay!! Is it alright that I love it? 😉 ✨ What I'm really here to do is give CONTENT WARNINGS! ✨ This book is one that is so very personal to me because it was a story I ignored for over 15 years. It is a story influenced from my past experiences in a relationship in which I was gasli......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on January 17, 2023

This debut is an exciting story with a lot of heart and emotion. I loved learning about Filipino culture and folklore, thought the action scenes were very well done, and the characters were compelling. Malaya's emotional journey rang true. Recommended!......more

Goodreads review by Zana on December 30, 2023

The cover is so obviously AI, yet here we are lol Unethical use of AI art aside, this was actually a great story! I absolutely loved the Filipino mythology inclusion and the author's twist on the little mermaid story. The only Filipino mythological creature I knew about was the aswang, so it was grea......more

Goodreads review by Jan on July 02, 2024

this was SO close to 5 stars because it's truly the BEST/most accurate/most relatable Filipino rep I've ever read, and I learned so much about Filipino mythology as well. it just lost a star because it simply felt a tad too long and dragged out in the second half. I also highly recommend the audiobo......more

Goodreads review by Briar on January 09, 2023

I loved this book. The story is moving and Malaya is such a freeing character to read. The mythology is beautiful and the world(s) Robin writes about are absolutely breathtaking and sweep you away. I couldn't put the book down, which was a problem since I started it at ten at night.......more