FEAR THE DROWNING DEEP by Sarah Glenn Marsh!

FEAR THE DROWNING DEEP

Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh
Source: eARC via Author
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Publication Date: October 4, 2016
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Summary:
Witch’s apprentice Bridey Corkill has hated the ocean ever since she watched her granddad dive in and drown with a smile on his face. So when a dead girl rolls in with the tide in the summer of 1913, sixteen-year-old Bridey suspects that whatever compelled her granddad to leap into the sea has made its return to the Isle of Man.

Soon, villagers are vanishing in the night, but no one shares Bridey’s suspicions about the sea. No one but the island’s witch, who isn’t as frightening as she first appears, and the handsome dark-haired lad Bridey rescues from a grim and watery fate. The cause of the deep gashes in Fynn’s stomach and his lost memories are, like the recent disappearances, a mystery well-guarded by the sea. In exchange for saving his life, Fynn teaches Bridey to master her fear of the water — stealing her heart in the process.


Now, Bridey must work with the Isle’s eccentric witch and the boy she isn’t sure she can trust — because if she can’t uncover the truth about the ancient evil in the water, everyone she loves will walk into the sea, never to return.
Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this was one good. It was a solid story and kept me interested throughout because of the mythology and (some of the) characters. I thought that at certain points it felt like the story was taking a bit of a lull and not focusing on what I thought was the main problem (aka girls being drowned and killed) to focus on trivial things (weddings). I felt like the pacing could have been tightened just a tad to make this one even better.