YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

"Life at the surface isn’t a decision that can be made. It’s something you have to be chosen to receive. What mermaids lack that humans possess, isn't legs. It’s a soul.”

Gwendolyn and Emma were best friends.

Until Emma vanished.

Since then, Gwendolyn’s life has been flipped upside down. She is being troubled by a past that has no answers, a crumbling relationship with her longtime boyfriend, Ryan, and a set of paranoid parents who are afraid to let her go. Curfews and locked windows can keep out harm.

But nothing can stop the urges.

Sudden, overpowering, unnatural--Gwendolyn is drawn to ocean’s hypnotic shore like a moth to the flame. It’s where she thinks Emma disappeared.

It’s where she meets Marcus.

A mysterious stranger with eyes that pierce her soul, his presence is an irresistible distraction. But there are things about Marcus that she can’t explain. And there are reasons he’s appeared that go beyond fate. The more she discovers the truth behind the man, the more she discovers he isn't a man at all.

Gwendolyn’s relationships are filled with dark secrets that she’s determined to uncover. She will go to any length to get the answers that she seeks. And what she finds will reveal the ultimate fate of her soul.


Amy Astorga’s thrilling novel is the first in the Waters of Change trilogy, an urban fantasy series filled with compelling symbolism, depth, and mermaids.

Title: Waters of Change
Author: Amy Astorga
Formats available: mobi/pdf
Start date: June 19th



To sign up, please leave your name on this thread, and then send me a message with your email address and preferred format (mobi/PDF).

Please Note:
*This buddy read will be a read-to-review opportunity.
*The author will provide participants with a free ebook of the book, and in return you agree to:

-read the book
-join the buddy read
-write an honest review
-NOT SHARE THIS EBOOK - it is for your review purposes only.

Amazon links -
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waters-Chang...
US - https://www.amazon.com/Waters-Change-...

Participants:
1. Sarah - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Abbie - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Sundara Gandhi - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Katherine
5. Kathi
6. Aishah
7. Kate - need email address
8. Alice - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Melissa - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. Jolly - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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1. Sarah
2. Abbie
3. Sundara Gandhi
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4. Katherine

Katherine

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I would like a copy. - Kathi

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Aishah I would like to review too.

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me too please!! Kate

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Alice
Thank you, Sarah!

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I would like a copy count me in
Mobi please

I just sent it over, Melissa!

Thanks!

Amy wrote: "I just sent it over, Melissa!

Thanks!"

Thankyou

I sent a copy to everyone! Thanks so much!

Thanks Amy ☺

Hey, guys! I was just asked the question of when these reviews need to be finished. You know what? Take your time! I would rather you read to enjoy it, rather than rush through it for a review.

Hi Sarah,

Can you add me up here? btw, I'm currently uploading 2 book reviews on my pending list. Will post it tonight. Thanks!

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chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ well it sounds like the whole 'love' proclamation was very fast, but she did maybe over-react a little, shouting at her friend and throwing the photograph. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ emma going missing is not good news. (hide spoiler)]

Hello, please add me. Sabina
sabina.nehme@hotmail.com

I can add you, but I won't be able to get the book out to you until you've written a review for because you've had it for a long time now.

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ Ryan has some poor excuses! He's supposed to be getting married to her and he can't even come see her at the hospital! (hide spoiler)]

The cover of this one is quite pretty.

Starting now. :)

Sarah wrote: "chapter 6 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Rubbish! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ he mentioned falling in love with her quite quickly, which is exactly what she warned her friend about. She should be considering that he might have had something to do with her disappearance. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ wasn't expecting the change of point of view. (hide spoiler)]

Oh, I forgot about it. I'll add it right now. Sorry about it.

Thank you ☺

Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ finally she works out that he killed emma. (hide spoiler)]

the end (view spoiler)[ so there was a price to pay for watching ryan die. what a bummer! he freaking deserved it for cheating on her! (hide spoiler)]

Hi! I would love to join if I still can!

Thanks Eden, could you let me know your email address and preferred format please? (mobi or pdf)

If still available, I'd like to do this please :)

I have enough readers signed on! Thank you so much to eveyone who gave their time! :@)

Amy Astorga

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Can I join in? I would love to read and review this.

I'm afraid the author has said that she has enough reviewers now so I can't add anyone else.

Hi! I forgot that Im included in this book review. Can you send me a copy please? Thanks

Did you not already receive it?

I checked, and you should have had a copy direct from the author on June 18th.

Um.. Guys! I've already read and reviewed it. Should I've posted the review here first? Because I already posted my review in goodreads.

Thanks for letting us know, I'll cross you off the list ☺

Cool! But that's okay right? Directly posting my review in goodreads...