Many times I stopped and raised my hands up, looking around me (even though no one was there) with a what the eff? look on my face. Sometimes the characters would say or do something that was either totally lame or just downright absurd. It’s really not a good thing when you’re rooting for them to fail. I couldn’t connect to Liam or Anna – in fact, they annoyed the crap out of me – and therefore I couldn’t bring myself to care about anything that was happening to them. It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of romance, but I do enjoy them occasionally if they’re done well. Sadly, this one fell flat for me. Frustrated, the creatures put the couple through one last trial-and this time it’s not only their love that’s in danger of being destroyed.īased on Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling poem, 'Annabel Lee,' Mary Lindsey creates a frighteningly beautiful gothic novel that glorifies the power of true love. But the tragedies draw Liam and Anna even closer. They make awager on the couple’s love, testing its strength through a series of cruel obstacles. With Anna, Liam finally finds the happiness he has always been denied but, the violent, mythical Otherworlders, who inhabit the island and the sea around it, have other plans.

Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dòchas, Liam has accepted that things will never get better for him-until a wealthy heiress named Annabel Leighton arrives on the island and Liam’s fate is changed forever.

Ashes on the waves by mary lindsey